News on John Kerry

Parties rachet up blame game post credit downgrade

2011-08-07T09:30:19Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. political parties on Sunday traded blame for the country's loss of its top-tier AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's, raising doubts lawmakers can still find a common ground to solve the country's debt problem.

S&P on Friday cut the long-term U.S. credit rating by one notch to AA-plus on concerns about the government's budget deficit and rising debt bu...

US Congress mulls approving limited Libya action

2011-06-22T02:30:46Z

US lawmakers will consider two bills authorizing limited military action in Libya over three months after Washington joined Western allies in an air war on Moamer Kadhafi's regime.

The bills were unveiled Tuesday night as President Barack Obama has co...

US senator Kerry in Afghanistan

2011-05-14T14:30:21Z

Influential US Senator John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, the embassy in Kabul said, ahead of a visit to neighbouring Pakistan following the death of Osama bin Laden.

Senator John Kerry appealed Tuesday for cementing US ties with the Muslim world with a two-way exchange of professionals like teachers, city planners, and public health workers.

Kerry, who chairs the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill calling for a three-year pilot program to draw such worker...

Kerry: Yacht in RI for work, will come to Mass.

2010-07-26T18:30:19Z

Kerry say family yacht in Rhode Island for work before moving to Massachusetts for charters

Sen. John Kerry says he is docking his family's new $7 million yacht in Rhode Island so it could have work done before moving it to Massachusetts to be available for charters.

The Massachusetts Democrat s...

Kerry: Protected status for Guatemalan immigrants

2010-07-15T21:00:06Z

US Sen. John Kerry urges Obama to grant Guatemalan immigrants temporary protected status

Sen. John Kerry has urged President Barack Obama to grant temporary protected status to Guatemalan immigrants living in the United States.

The Massachusetts Democrat wrote to Obama on Thursday that the Centr...

Kerry, Lieberman craft scaled back climate bill

2010-09-10T14:41:55Z

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The Times They Have AChanged

2010-11-02T15:09:50Z

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Kerry endorses Specter in Pa. Senate primary

2010-05-10T08:15:11Z

Kerry backs Specter in Pa. Senate primary; vouches for his character amid 'Swiftboat' flap

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is backing Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's contested May 18 Senate primary.

The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee on Monday praised Specter as a ...

US senators to unveil climate bill

2010-06-26T03:51:07Z

Two US senators announced they will unveil long-stalled legislation Wednesday to set up the first nationwide plan to fight climate change, despite a key Republican's withdrawal from their effort.

Democratic Senator John Kerry and Independent Senator Joe Lieberman predicted in a joint statement Friday that they ...

EIA: climate bill analysis to take up to 8 wks

2010-06-26T03:46:52Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Information Administration will take up to eight weeks to analyze the stalled Senate climate bill after receiving most of its details from the office of Senator John Kerry, a spokesman said on Thursday.

Elements of the bi...

US Senator Kerry: Climate bill not 'dead'

2010-06-26T03:43:29Z

Democratic US Senator John Kerry said late Monday that efforts to craft sweeping, comprehensive US legislation to combat climate change were still "very much alive."

"We're still pushing, we're still talking, we're still fighting, it's very much alive -- and I won't quit," Kerry said in a post on the widely read left-of-center online news site Talking Points Memo.

His comments came after US Senate's two principal authors of legislation to battle climate change said Tuesday they were putting the last touches on their bill and hoped to unveil it next week.

"I feel very optimistic about the progress that we're making. I think that folks are coming together, but there are still some hurdles," said Sena...

US wants Syria to act as key peace player

2010-06-26T03:27:31Z

President Barack Obama's administration considers Syria a key player in Washington's efforts to revive the stalled Middle East peace process, US Senator John Kerry said in US Senator John Kerry on Wednesday began a visit to the Middle East for talks with top Lebanese and Syrian officials on the stalled Arab-Israeli peace process.

"We remain extremely hopeful that in the weeks ahead we can find a path to progress on the single most important regional stability issue which is the peace process between French President Nicolas Sarkozy told US Senators Tuesday that he hopes for US-French action to "put some pressure" on countries reluctant to battle climate change, one of the lawmakers said.

"He was very, very clear -- first topic he brought up was the need to have the United States lead and be engaged with France on th...

Senators at odds over climate bill

2010-06-26T03:22:05Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators who have been part of negotiations on climate change legislation this year said on Wednesday they disagree with the carbon emissions reduction approach being developed in a compromise bill.

Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell and Republican Senator Susan Collins ...

Kerry insists US will move on climate

2010-04-16T06:59:02Z

Senator John Kerry vowed Tuesday to overcome the odds and approve US action to curb carbon emissions, raising the specter of millions of refugees unless climate change is addressed.

While offering no timetable, the ally of President Barack Obama rejected predictions that Senate approval of a climate bill -- which would...

US Senate will act on climate law next year: Kerry

2010-06-25T19:15:33Z

The climate accord reached by world leaders in Copenhagen will drive the US Senate to pass its own blueprint to fight global warming in early 2010, key senator John Kerry said Friday.

"This can be a catalyzing moment," the Democratic lawmaker, who chairs Republicans forced Democrats to vote in favor of cutting billion from providers of home care for older people as partisan debate flared Saturday during a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Obama planned to travel to

US Senate to bring climate framework to Copenhagen: Kerry

2010-06-25T19:51:12Z

The US Senate will complete the framework of climate change legislation before next month's high-stakes summit in Copenhagen, Senator John Kerry promised UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday.

"We are engaged in the proc...

Senate Democrats advance climate bill without GOP

2010-06-25T19:57:50Z

Democrats ignore Republican boycott, push climate bill through a key Senate committee

Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and contentious road to passage. Other committees still must weigh-in on the measure, but the partisan antics early on threatened to cast a pall over the bill — one of

Obama vows not to rush Afghan troop decision

2010-06-25T20:08:25Z

US President Barack Obama vowed that despite criticism that he is dithering, he will not rush a fateful decision on whether to send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan.

Obama promised US troops a clear mission before pitching them into the worsening battle, after conducting the latest meeting of his war cou...

Kerry slams Bush's Afghan war legacy

2010-06-25T20:08:31Z

US Senator John Kerry on Monday accused former president George W. Bush's administration of "gross mishandling" of the Afghan war, and of leaving a terrible inheritance to President Barack Obama.

"On day one, this administration assumed responsibility for a war heading from strategic drift to a dangerous decline," Bu...

Kerry becomes all-around adviser to Obama

2010-06-25T20:12:18Z

Kerry plays key roles for Obama on Afghanistan, Syria, invokes Kennedy's advice, 'Do the work'

He's not president, a Cabinet member or ambassador, but Sen. John Kerry has ascended to the unofficial role of President Barack Obama's global adviser on key issues that...

'Common sense' for Obama to wait for Afghan polls: Kerry

2010-04-16T09:43:10Z

US Senator John Kerry Wednesday said it was "common sense" for President Barack Obama to wait until after Afghanistan's run-off election before making fateful decisions on deploying more US troops.

Kerry, fresh from his Afghan mediating mission, emerged from

Obama to meet Kerry after Afghan mission

2010-04-16T09:43:30Z

President Barack Obama will hold an Oval Office meeting with Democratic Senator John Kerry on Wednesday, to get a first-person readout of his role in brokering a runoff election in Afghanistan.

"Senator Kerry obviously spent a good deal of time and energy in bot...

Five years on, Senator Kerry makes comeback

2010-06-25T20:14:48Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new go-to guy in the U.S. Senate is Democrat John Kerry, who was long shunned and even ridiculed after his failed 2004 U.S. presidential bid.

As the new chairman of Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

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ABC's "This Week" — David Axelrod, White House senior adviser.

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CBS' "Face the Nation" — White House chief of staff Rahm Ema...

Dems Get New Tools New Talent

2010-10-22T12:06:20Z

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Carter's Cry of Racism Is No Lie in Tennessee

2010-10-26T21:38:51Z

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Senate pauses to remember Ted Kennedy

2010-04-16T10:24:43Z

Senators offer remembrances of the late Edward Kennedy, a health care reform champion

With solemn words and bittersweet memories, the Senate paused Thursday to remember Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's nearly five decades in Congress and his passionate commitment to health care reform.

"The impact he etched into our history will long endure," Senate Demo...

US senators see climate bill delay

2010-06-25T20:51:49Z

President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the US Senate said Monday they were putting off introducing sweeping climate change legislation for a few weeks but hoped for a final vote in late 2009.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committ...

Kerry lauds Kennedy as 'best senator'

2010-04-16T10:38:46Z

Sen. John Kerry praises Kennedy as 'irrepressible, larger than life' presence

Sen. John Kerry says Edward Kennedy was "the best senator, the best advocate you could hope for."

In a statement issued hours after Kennedy's death late Tuesday, Kerry called the late senator an "irrepressible, larger than life presence who was simply the best."

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Our Founding Partisans

2010-10-22T10:51:55Z

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U.S. senators aim at trade plan in House climate bill

2010-06-25T21:35:38Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate should adopt many of the climate control measures already sketched out by the House of Representatives but some trade provisions may need to be changed, a leading senator said on Tuesday.

"There's a lot that needs to be kept" from the Ho...

Congress to finish Pakistan bill urgently: Kerry

2010-06-25T22:28:13Z

The US Congress will urgently complete an aid bill to stabilize Pakistan, Senator John Kerry promised Thursday after talks with the Pakistani and Afghan presidents.

"Obviously, it is urgent," Kerry told reporters after a closed-door luncheon on the situation in Pakistan and Afg...

US Pakistan aid bill likely not before April: official

2010-06-26T01:35:05Z

The US Congress likely will not complete legislation tripling US non-military assistance to Pakistan before late April at the earliest, a congressional aide said Wednesday.

Democratic Senator John Kerry and Republican Rich...

Is John Kerry a Tar Heel Fan?

2010-10-21T09:27:45Z

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US Sen. Kerry hopeful after Syria talks

2010-04-16T14:11:43Z

US Sen. Kerry sees possibility of 'real cooperation' with Syria after talks with president

U.S. Sen. John Kerry said after talks with Syria's president Saturday that there are possibilities for "real cooperation" between the two nations, which have been at odds for years.

Relations soured under the Bush administration, and Kerry and other members of Congress who hav...

US Senator Kerry meets Assad in Syria

2010-06-26T00:02:40Z

US Senator John Kerry on Saturday met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as Washington reviews its policies towards countries regarded as hostile under the former administration, SANA news agency reported.

Kerry, a former presidential candidate who now chairs the Senate foreign...

US senator Kerry to meet Assad in Syria

2010-06-26T00:03:06Z

US Senator John Kerry is due to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Saturday as the new US administration reviews its policies towards states in the Middle East.

Kerry, a former presidential candidate who now chairs the Senate foreign relation...

US senator Kerry to meet Syrian leader

2010-06-26T00:03:06Z

US Senator John Kerry was to hold talks on Saturday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as Washington reviews its policies towards countries regarded as hostile under the former administration.

Kerry, a former presidential candidate who now chairs the Senate foreign relations committee, is the latest US legislato...

US received Hamas letter for Obama: State Dept

2010-06-26T00:03:37Z

US Senator John Kerry was given a letter from the Palestinian Hamas movement for President Barack Obama while on a visit to Gaza City this week, a State Department official confirmed on Friday.

"I can confirm that it was from

US wants Syria to help disarm Hezbollah: Kerry

2010-06-26T00:10:08Z

Visiting US Senator John Kerry said on Wednesday that Washington would press Syria to help disarm Lebanon's Hezbollah group as it forges ahead with a new diplomatic approach in the region.

"We want Syria to respect the political indep...

Jordan king, Senator Kerry discuss Mideast peace

2010-04-16T14:23:43Z

Jordan's King Abdullah II held talks on Monday with visiting US Democratic Senator John Kerry on ways to resume Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, the palace said.

"The king and Kerry discussed efforts aimed at the resumption of negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis," according to a brief palace sta...

Washington moves toward dialogue with Damascus

2010-06-26T00:20:03Z

The United States has opened the door to a dialogue with Syria with a visit to Damascus by a high-ranking congressional delegation and the lifting of certain sanctions, even while firmly insisting on its continued support for Lebanon.

Senator John Kerry, who heads the Senate Foreign Relations committee, will visit Damascus next week as part of a five-stop trip to the Middle East, a spokesman said Thursday.

Kerry, once seen as a top contender to be US President Barack Obama's secretary of state, planned to leave Friday and visit

Kerry to travel to Syria to meet Assad

2010-04-16T17:12:55Z

In his new role as foreign relations chairman, Kerry to travel to Syria to meet with Assad

Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is planning to travel to Syria next week, where he will meet with President Bashar Assad.

The trip, confirmed by a spokesman for the Massachusetts Democrat, co...

US Senate moves ahead on Obama stimulus plan

2010-06-26T00:33:11Z

The Senate wrapped up debate on a pared-down plan to pump at least 780 billion dollars into the troubled US economy, as President Barack Obama called for urgent action to stem rising unemployment.

The senators held a rare weekend session that lasted nearly three and a half hours ahead of a vote early this week. Obama hailed the compromise deal and said a wave of job lo...

I heard Obama speak in 2004 and thought: I've seen the new black Kennedy

2010-10-21T10:31:32Z

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Obama and the Gratitude System

2010-06-26T01:10:37Z

John Kerry and Hillary Clinton both wanted - and probably still want - to be president, a reality they joked about when their paths crossed on Tuesday.

As Jason Horowitz noted, Clinton, Barack Obama's soon-to-be confirmed secretary of state, accidentally...

Lions Dolphins Football

2010-12-27T21:01:39Z

After escaping a tackle by Miami Dolphins John Kerry (74) Detroit Lions' DeAndre Levy heads to the end zone with the winning touch down during a Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010 NFL football game in Miami....

Congress US Russia Nuclear

2010-12-23T00:32:02Z

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., take part in a news conference, on Capitol Hill in

Congress 9/11 First Responders

2010-12-22T15:03:46Z

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., take part in a news conference, on Capitol Hill in

US Russia Nuclear

2010-12-21T17:31:30Z

Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., right, and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., talk about the New START Treaty on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, to discuss the ratification...