Source: Obama Has Chosen John Kerry As Secretary Of State -- Chicago Sun Times
President Barack Obama has chosen Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts to be the next secretary of state, a source has told Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed.
His replacement as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will be Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the Sneed source said.
This comes on the heels of Thursday’s announcement that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice had removed herself from the list of candidates to take over from Hillary Clinton. Rice said that what was sure to be a contentious and lengthy approval process took attention away from more pressing problems facing the nation.
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My Comment: More On Sen. John Kerry later (and I am not surprised by this choice) .... but Sen. Robert Menendez is a horrible choice to head the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (or any other committee) .... but this is how the US Senate operates.
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