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#COP21: Paris Agreement a ‘Tremendous Victory for All of Our Citizens’

Posted December 14th, 2015 at 1:36 pm (UTC-5)
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“We are sending literally a critical message to the global marketplace,” Secretary Kerry noted. “Many of us here know that it won’t be governments that actually make the decision or find the product, the new technology, the saving grace of this challenge. It will be the genius of the American spirit.”

5 Inconvenient Truths for John Kerry

Posted October 23rd, 2015 at 4:16 pm (UTC-5)
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Kerry will confront a peace process not yet ready for prime time, leaders unwilling or able to make key decisions — and a U.S. president who lacks the capacity and will to persuade them to do so.