The incompetent handling of the Dubai Ports deal was just the tip of the iceberg. Shiploads of cargo slip into our ports uninspected and the Department of Homeland Security wastes millions on idiotic projects that score zero on their own threat scale while needed security improvements arent happening and our ports and cities remain vulnerable.
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Supporting the troops means paying attention to their needs both in the field and at home. It means understanding their lives both as warriors fighting for our nation, and as husbands and wives, parents, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters struggling to take care of their families.
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I will not lay down and put this narrow, stubborn agenda ahead of our families, ahead of our Constitution, and ahead of our values. We are a proud nation that respects the rights of the minority, values the separation of church and state, and believes in honesty and personal responsibility.
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The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I said more than a year ago, knowing what we know now, I would not have gone to war in Iraq. And knowing now the full measure of the Bush Administrations duplicity and incompetence, I doubt there are many members of Congress who would give them the authority they abused so badly. I know I would not.
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Birth: | 11th December, 1943 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Politician |
John Forbes Kerry was born in Colorado, USA. He is an American Democratic politician who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. He served as the United States Senator from Massachusetts (1985-2013). He was the Democratic nominee in the 2004 presidential election, losing to Republican incumbent George W. Bush. He graduated from Yale University in 1966 with a major in political science. For that US Navy service, he was awarded combat medals that include the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and three Purple Heart Medals. After receiving a JD degree from Boston College Law School, he worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts. He served as Lieutenant Governor under Michael Dukakis from 1983 to 1985. He served as Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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