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Senate confirms Kerry for State in 94-3 vote
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Posted on 01/29/2013 2:05:27 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Senate confirms Kerry for State in 94-3 vote By Julian Pecquet and Ramsey Cox - 01/29/13 04:32 PM ET

The Senate approved one of its own to become President Obama's second secretary of State in a near-unanimous vote on Tuesday.

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) sailed through the chamber in a 94-to-3 vote, with Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Texas Sens. Ted Cruz (R) and John Cornyn (R) casting the only “no” votes.

Kerry's approval to replace Hillary Clinton was a foregone conclusion after Republicans urged Obama to nominate him in lieu of his ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice.

“I don’t know too many people who have oriented their whole life to be better suited for secretary of State,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), the top Republican on Kerry's Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on the floor ahead of the vote.

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), who is replacing Kerry atop the committee, echoed those sentiments.

“I can think of no one better to take on the challenges of this position,” he said. “John has already built strong relationships across the world. ... He will need no introduction to the world’s political leaders.”

The Senate vote capped a whirlwind day for Kerry, whose nomination was approved by his committee in a unanimous voice vote a few hours earlier. His colleagues on the committee he's chaired since Joe Biden became vice-president four years ago gave him a standing ovation and a committee resolution honoring his service as chairman.

The resolution “commends the long and distinguished service of John F. Kerry, whose exceptional skill as a lawmaker is matched only by his commitment to an America that is, in President John F. Kennedy’s phrase, not 'first but, first when, first if, but first period'; and extends its best wishes for his continuing service to the Nation.”

Kerry is the first cabinet selection confirmed in Obama's second term, but the rare showing of bipartisan support will not extend to the rest of the president's national security picks, however.

Six Republicans — including the three who voted against Kerry — have vowed to oppose former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) for secretary of Defense, and members of both parties have raised questions with the choice of John Brennan for CIA director because of concerns over his record on drone strikes as Obama top counterterrorism adviser.

Kerry could be sworn in as early as Friday, Clinton's last day at State.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 113th; bho44; bhostatedept; communismkills; cultureofcorruption; domesticenemy; filthycommie; ginjuicecon; liedtocongress; nakedtreason; obamacommunists; obamalegacy; obamascandals; obamunism; soskerry; traitor; vietnamwar; warcriminal
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To: cotton1706

Kerry has had major work done to his ugly effn face. He should keep botox manufacturers very busy for the next four years.


21 posted on 01/29/2013 2:23:45 PM PST by novascotianative
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To: muawiyah
Shouldn't take him long to top Hillery’s" left for dead" count.
22 posted on 01/29/2013 2:24:08 PM PST by justrepublican (Screaming like a "Vexatious requester" at a Wellstone memorial...........)
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To: re_nortex

What the HELL did Coburn do?


23 posted on 01/29/2013 2:24:52 PM PST by Osage Orange (MOLON LAVE)
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To: Sub-Driver

John “Commie Traitor Bitch” Effin Kerry is a perfect representative of the 0dinga regime.


24 posted on 01/29/2013 2:25:54 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Pathetic that a traitor is now SOS.


27 posted on 01/29/2013 2:27:44 PM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: Sub-Driver

The one party system strikes again.


28 posted on 01/29/2013 2:27:56 PM PST by Cato in PA (Land of the free and the home of the brave? Wrong on both counts.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Go Cruz!


29 posted on 01/29/2013 2:28:28 PM PST by livius
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To: Revolting cat!

It wasn’t the Viet Nam that bothers me - it was meeting with the communists in Paris, while we were still at war, and he was still in the reserves.

Someone please explain to me how the GOP is worth anything.

IMO the GOP is just the right wing of the political ruling class. The GOP has no principles. The GOP just guards the flank of the overt communists as they take the USA.

Never again.


30 posted on 01/29/2013 2:29:33 PM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: sport

My feeling about Cornyn - he knew Carey would be elected and his no vote provides cover for him. He’s up for election in 2014.


31 posted on 01/29/2013 2:29:45 PM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: jazusamo

Yes it is, jaz. It is sad to see so few senators voting against his confirmation, as well.


32 posted on 01/29/2013 2:30:31 PM PST by Girlene
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To: Little Ray

Kerry was not only a traitor, he committed a felony by meeting with the NVA negotiators as a private citizen in Paris during the war in 1971 (collaboration).He lied about his length of service and his pretend wound. This man is just in a club of elites. But he can’t be any worse at secretary of state than that bumbling hillary. She utterly failed.


33 posted on 01/29/2013 2:31:31 PM PST by willardwx
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To: Sub-Driver

PAST time for TERM LIMITS.....way past time. Not that it would have helped here...but, I think it may have.


34 posted on 01/29/2013 2:32:10 PM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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To: Sub-Driver

You can start referring to me now as Rumplestiltskin because I almost put my foot through the floor.
Despicable, treasonous, sumbitch gigolo with his ‘gentlemanly’ affectations and his botoxed ugly face makes me sick.


35 posted on 01/29/2013 2:32:19 PM PST by MestaMachine (Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
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To: Oldexpat
He is a lazy SOB who will pontificate and do nothing..thankfully.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

36 posted on 01/29/2013 2:33:23 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: Sub-Driver
94-3

America's Party

37 posted on 01/29/2013 2:36:32 PM PST by EternalVigilance ('Where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will rekindle it.' Samuel Adams)
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To: Sub-Driver

John Kerry - Because Jane Fonda was not available.


38 posted on 01/29/2013 2:38:16 PM PST by Lexington Green (Keeping it real is keeping you down, fool.)
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To: Girlene

Exactly, the 97 to 3 vote is as pathetic as the traitor they confirmed.


39 posted on 01/29/2013 2:38:16 PM PST by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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To: Sub-Driver

A pathetic choice for a pathetic regime. Go (to Hell) GOP!


40 posted on 01/29/2013 2:40:03 PM PST by windsorknot
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