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John F. Kerry
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: December 11
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There should be a Transatlantic renaissance between the US and Europe based on shared prosperity, security, and values.
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I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide.
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If you don't believe ... Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me.
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I can tell you, Massachusetts, fastest growing sector of our economy is clean energy and energy efficiency companies. And they're growing faster than any other sector.
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Reduce US military presence in Iraq and bring in neighbors.
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There are issues of war and peace. And then, there are issues of life and death like this one that are no less morally compelling than war itself.
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I think that all of the cyber attacks that are taking place, but particularly this - the Russian one, had a profound impact on the American system, on our political process, on our - it invaded the space of our election. The releasing on a regular basis of one party's stolen emails had an impact, and I think that other things also had an impact.
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I supported Israel 100 percent as a senator for 28 years and I've supported it 100 percent as Secretary of State.
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I don't know what compassionate conservative means. Does it mean cutting kids out of after school programs, Does it mean drilling in the arctic wildlife refuge? Does it mean sending kids to Iraq without body armor that's state of the art?
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I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the people who sent them to Washington in the first place.
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Just the fact that we can't pass budgets in our Congress, just the fact that we are gridlocked in our own democracy, the fact that everybody who travels can see that we're not investing in our airports, in our rail, in our infrastructure and so forth, people are noticing a United States that is not getting the job done in some ways.
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I think the world is safer without Iran with a nuclear weapon. The world has got the potential to be safer if we fully implement the Paris agreement.
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I think the United States is still the indispensable force for positive change and for rule of law and for order and structure.
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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.
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Remember the hours after Sept. 11 when we came together as one...It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.
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I saw how different life was on different sides of the same city. I saw the fear in the eyes of people who were not free. I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States for all that we had done. I felt goosebumps as I got off a military train and heard the Army band strike up 'Stars and Stripes Forever.'
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Sunni are the majority of the [Syria], 60 to 65 percent. They've been ruled by [Bashar] Assad, who represents a minority Alawite element, which is about 12, 13 percent. And because of the choices Assad made, it's very difficult to see how you resolve this without buy-in from the Sunni world.
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Confronting climate change is, in the long run, one of the greatest challenges that we face, and you can see this duty or responsibility laid down in scriptures, clearly.
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I know something about killing. I don't like killing. And I don't think a state honors life by turning around and sanctioning killing.
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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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