John Kerry Nominated to Succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State

President Obama said today that he has nominated Sen. John Kerry to be his next secretary of state, succeeding Hillary Clinton if confirmed by Congress. With the senator and wife Theresa Heinz-Kerry standing beside him, the president said Kerry's

WASHINGTON — President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term Democratic senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State, but delayed naming a new Defense chief amid growing criticism of the expected

BOSTON -- Massachusetts voters weary from one of the nation's costliest and most divisive U.S. Senate races are all but certain to find themselves thrown back into another tumultuous election now that President Barack Obama has nominated Sen. John

Relations Committee in 1971, John Kerry asked: “. HENRY GRIFFIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS/FILE. During testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971, John Kerry asked: “How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?”

President Obama said today that he has nominated Sen. John Kerry to be his next secretary of state, succeeding Hillary Clinton if confirmed by Congress. With the senator and wife Theresa Heinz-Kerry standing beside him, the president said Kerry's