Our military deserves leadership that matches their service and patriotism. Getting our troops the pay raise they deserve is the very least we can do to show how much we value everything they do for us.
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Its a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad moment in history and enact serious lobbying reform. We owed it to the people who sent us to Washington to root out corruption, and the Senate turned its back on a golden opportunity today.
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Just to make certain that I wasn’t missing anything, as we see a lot of people running around talking about the basis for all these values, I went back and reread the New Testament the other day, from one side to the other, and make certain that I hadn’t missed anything. You know what? In the three years of Jesus Christ’s mission, of his ministry, there is no mention whatsoever or even a hint that you ought to be taking health care or educational opportunity away from children in order to give to the richest people in the world. None whatsoever.
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Social Security is truly a test of our values as Americans. Social Security is a fundamental promise that lifts half of our seniors out of poverty and helps millions of disabled Americans, widows and orphans. We owe Americans a better debate than we’re having today. It’s about time we do everything we can to keep the promise of Social Security.
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Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.
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America does not need two Republican parties.
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Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate leaders toward conduct the American people don’t want from their elected leaders: Abusing power. Inserting the government into our private lives. Injecting religion into debates about public policy. Jumping through hoops to ingratiate themselves to their partys base, while step by step, day by day, real problems that keep American families up at night fall by the wayside here in Washington.
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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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