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John Kerry to Retire in 2016
CNN ^ | 2/6/14 | Tapper

Posted on 02/06/2014 8:35:43 AM PST by pabianice

JAKE TAPPER, HOST: Thank you so much for agreeing to do this.

JOHN KERRY, SECRETARY OF STATE: Good to be with you.

TAPPER: So you've been secretary of State for a year.

What's been the most surprising thing about the job?

KERRY: I - I think just the sheer intensity of the number of issues coming at us all at one time on a global basis. A lot of transformation, a lot of challenge in the world, a lot of upheaval. And all of it affects our interests, you know...

... TAPPER: There's a lot of talk about two of your colleagues, your predecessor, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Vice President Joe Biden, possibly running for president in 2016.

TAPPER: Is that something you would ever consider doing again?

KERRY: One of - one of the joys of this job is I'm out of politics.

TAPPER: Forever?

KERRY: I'm out of politics. I have no plans whatsoever. This is my last stop. I'm going to serve the country in the extraordinarily privileged position the president has given me, the great challenges that I have and move on. And I don't have to comment and won't comment on anybody contemplating a run for office anywhere...

TAPPER: So let's start with one of them...

TAPPER: The director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, said that Bashar al-Assad in Syria has been strengthened since the chemical weapons deal. The United Nations says that Assad's regime is torturing children. He seems to be - Assad seems to be slow-walking the chemical weapons process and those are only the weapons that he's acknowledged he has, not other ones that he might be stockpiling, according to other reports.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; bhostatedept; johnfkerry; johnkerry; johnkerryretire; kerryquotes; liedtocongress; secstatekerry; soskerry; traitor; treason; whatever; wintersoldier
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1 posted on 02/06/2014 8:35:43 AM PST by pabianice
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To: pabianice

Why wait?


2 posted on 02/06/2014 8:36:20 AM PST by fhayek
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To: fhayek

Don’t believe it! He’ll be regurgitated from the dead once again.


3 posted on 02/06/2014 8:37:38 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: pabianice

He must miss the parties.


4 posted on 02/06/2014 8:38:12 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: fhayek

About 40 years too late if you ask me.


5 posted on 02/06/2014 8:40:10 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: pabianice; Revolting cat!; GeronL
Then he can go on a lucrative speaking tour, in Viet Nam.
6 posted on 02/06/2014 8:41:19 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: pabianice

I’m kind of hoping that Kerry does decide to make another run at the White House in 2016. It will be fun to watch as he and Hillary trash each other’s record as Secretary of State during the primary debates. He may not win the nomination, but he could inflict some damage on Hillary along the way.


7 posted on 02/06/2014 8:43:04 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Buckeye McFrog

John Kerry will live large on the late GOP Senator John Heinz Fortune.


8 posted on 02/06/2014 8:43:14 AM PST by scooby321
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9 posted on 02/06/2014 8:44:37 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: pabianice

Seems a lot of the Dems are saying they are getting out of Dodge while the getting is good. What do they know that we don’t?


10 posted on 02/06/2014 8:47:52 AM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: pabianice
TAPPER: So you've been secretary of State for a year.

What's been the most surprising thing about the job?

KERRY: I - I think just the sheer intensity of the number of issues coming at us all at one time on a global basis.

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Gee, I thought world peace was a singular issue and all the traitor had to do was appease them all.

11 posted on 02/06/2014 8:48:25 AM PST by Baynative (Got bulbs? Check my profile page.)
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To: pabianice

is there a fund we can contribute to for a nice Early retirement for the gentleman (and his boss)?


12 posted on 02/06/2014 8:49:29 AM PST by faithhopecharity (C?d)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman

The Dems would rather quit than fight, with the Chicago punk.


13 posted on 02/06/2014 8:51:22 AM PST by CMailBag
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To: Baynative

He’ll perform stud services for rich republican widows. Giddy up horse face.


14 posted on 02/06/2014 8:51:32 AM PST by billhilly (Has Pelosi read it yet?)
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To: a fool in paradise

Up river in Cambodia...


15 posted on 02/06/2014 8:52:57 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: a fool in paradise

Maybe even sneak in to Cambodia (again) for some reminiscin’. You know when he was “really” attacked with people shooting real bullets. Not like the lame Isralies verbally assaulting him. What a friggin’ idiot. Why wait john f’n kohn-kerry-heinz. Go now. No, really. Go now.


16 posted on 02/06/2014 8:53:14 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: fhayek
"Why wait?"

My exact words. And, with ObamaCare, you no longer have to worry about working, so do it now, Jean.

17 posted on 02/06/2014 8:53:16 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor)
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To: pabianice

he’s running for president. making him SoS was the obamites’ final screwing for hillary. what BHO created in JK is the only person that could have a better resume than hillary by the time 2016 rolls around. he will have been SoS as long, a senator longer, and he “narrowly” lost the presidency in 2004.

better qualified.

the clintons and obamas have hated each other since the 2008 primaries. this is a “goodby f_ck”.


18 posted on 02/06/2014 8:54:27 AM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: pabianice
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19 posted on 02/06/2014 8:56:12 AM PST by b4its2late (A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

My thoughts exactly.


20 posted on 02/06/2014 8:57:51 AM PST by Milton Miteybad (I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
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