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wisteria

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20. "support within the administration was moving toward Kerry even before Rice pulled out."
Sat Dec 22, 2012, 03:06 PM
Dec 2012

A revised AP article. Very fair IMO.

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-nominates-kerry-secretary-state-185444917--politics.html;_ylt=AleEeXNY5AAv4dtiWrwsAmms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTUyNG9tcjA2BGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDTmV3cyBGb3IgWW91IDUgU3RvcmllcwRwa2cDYTA2MTc4NjAtNjcwZS0zM2NiLWE5YmQtOTcxZGIwODZkMzU0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNuZXdzX2Zvcl95b3UEdmVyAzNiYTgyOGUyLTRiYmItMTFlMi1hYTU3LTk4MDNmODJjNjliNw--;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3


"At times, Kerry has been more forward-leaning than Obama on foreign policy issues. He was an early advocate of an international "no-fly zone" over Libya in 2011 and among the first U.S. lawmakers to call for Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak to leave power as pro-democracy protests grew. Obama later backed both positions."

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