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We need a new approach to national security - a bold, progressive internationalism that stands in stark contrast to the too often belligerent and myopic unilateralism of the Bush Administration.

John F. Kerry

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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.
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America that has done more to support Israel than any other country cannot be true to our own values if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes.
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The race for the White House should be about leadership, and leadership requires that one help heal the wounds of Vietnam, not reopen them.
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President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second.
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America is the one that has led the effort to strengthen NATO and strengthen the front-line states against Russia's pressures.
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Nobody's interests are served by what's happening in Syria today. It's a catastrophe. It's the worst human catastrophe since World War II. And, as I said just now, it represents a failure of the entire international community to come to grips with solving it.
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