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John Kerry Suffers Broken Leg in Bike Accident in France
NBC News ^ | 5/31 | SHAWNA THOMAS, NANCY ING and MATTHEW GRIMSON

Posted on 05/31/2015 1:47:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Secretary of State John Kerry suffered a broken leg in a bike accident in France early Sunday, and will return to the U.S. for treatment, the State Department said.

The cycling accident occurred near Scionzier, France, about 25 miles from Geneva, where Kerry had been holding nuclear talks with Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif.

Kerry was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Geneva in a stable condition, and is said to be in good spirits.

State Department spokesman John Kirby said Kerry had suffered a broken femur, but is expected to make a full recovery.

"Given the injury is near the site of his prior hip surgery, he will return to Boston today to seek treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital with his doctor who did the prior surgery," Kirby said.

He said the Secretary of State never lost consciousness, and was grateful to the French and Swiss doctors and nurses who assisted him.

Paramedics and a physician were in Kerry's motorcade at the time of the accident, Kirby said.

Kerry was due to head to Madrid on Sunday for talks with Spain's king and prime minister, before attending a meeting in Paris on Tuesday with coalition members battling ISIS.

Kirby said Kerry was planning to partake in Tuesday's meeting remotely.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: donatenow; remotekerry; seebreakingnews
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To: nickcarraway

Like flies on the face, the omens just keep coming for this administration.


61 posted on 05/31/2015 4:12:22 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: NormsRevenge

Herself, Madame Benghazi, the Cold & Joyless, may have to be recalled to fill in as SoS while Jean-Francois Kerre` undergoes recovery.

In other news, the prestige of that territory once known as “the United States of America” rose sharply throughout the civilized world.

Everybody else just said “Hunh!”, inflected with a look of mild confusion.


62 posted on 05/31/2015 4:14:08 PM PDT by alloysteel ("Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement..." Ronald Reagan)
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To: nickcarraway
Oh, great, another Purple Heart.

No, series. Watch him claim that as a gubermint employee, he is entitled.

63 posted on 05/31/2015 4:37:07 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (I love it when we're Cruz'in together)
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To: nickcarraway

The most prominent members of the Democratic party — Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, Joe Biden, and John Kerry — have become international laughingstocks.


64 posted on 05/31/2015 4:46:14 PM PDT by Bluestocking
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To: Bluestocking

Haha...the putz is a klutz.


65 posted on 05/31/2015 4:52:32 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Liawatha, because we need to beat a real commie, not a criminal posing as one.)
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To: nickcarraway

Ginjus Con would have kept on riding.


66 posted on 05/31/2015 5:14:39 PM PDT by 867V309 (Boehner is the new Pelosi)
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To: Kozy

He got 3 Purple Hearts (aka as his “purple owies”)


67 posted on 05/31/2015 5:22:41 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!)
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To: vette6387

As much as the pompous ass puts his foot in his mouth, I’m surprised he didn’t break a leg decades ago.


68 posted on 05/31/2015 5:24:51 PM PDT by Baltimore ken (Baltimore Ken and business opportunities from North and South alik)
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To: publius911

Would you settle for her riding a broom?


69 posted on 05/31/2015 5:27:36 PM PDT by Baltimore ken (Baltimore Ken and business opportunities from North and South alik)
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To: nickcarraway

Instead of carrying Hitlery’s RESET BUTTON, maybe
we should be putting training wheels on
his bicycle(cartoon needed)!


70 posted on 05/31/2015 5:28:20 PM PDT by leprechaun9
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To: 867V309

Thanks for that flashback of idiocy.

The man is an idiot. I really don’t care how he was taken out of action, God provides.


71 posted on 05/31/2015 5:31:49 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: eyedigress
The man is an idiot. I really don’t care how he was taken out of action

Fear not, they have Marie Harf to replace him..........................

72 posted on 05/31/2015 5:36:44 PM PDT by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: nickcarraway
It must be nice to fly home on your employers dime to see a specialist of your choice, rather than partaking in the socialized medicine that is available locally. You know, the one you want to force everyone else into.

What a hypocrite

73 posted on 05/31/2015 5:38:38 PM PDT by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: nickcarraway

It was a Harley, right??


74 posted on 05/31/2015 5:39:49 PM PDT by BigOrangeI (When did we run out of tar and feathers ??)
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To: The Cajun

75 posted on 05/31/2015 5:42:35 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: EEGator

Recovery of a broken femur at 71 will be long and agonizing.

***
Only for a couch potato, I suspect.


76 posted on 05/31/2015 6:10:17 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: nickcarraway

Must have run over Harry Reid’s “exercise strap”.


77 posted on 05/31/2015 6:12:11 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Politics is downstream from culture." -- Andrew Breitbart)
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To: nickcarraway

Training wheels fall off?


78 posted on 05/31/2015 7:09:52 PM PDT by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: lee martell

Yeah, he better stick to yachting, poor bustard.


79 posted on 06/01/2015 10:29:47 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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