John Kerry Nominated to Succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State

Long before President Obama nominated John Kerry as the country's top diplomat, the Massachusetts senator was seen as a secretary of state in waiting. He has been chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has frequently jetted off to

WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and is

President Barack Obama has nominated Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) for Secretary of State. Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, will replace Secretary of State Hillary Rodham

John Kerry's Twitter use shows he would carry on Hillary Clinton's role in bringing social media to the State Department.

Long before President Obama nominated John Kerry as the country's top diplomat, the Massachusetts senator was seen as a secretary of state in waiting. He has been chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has frequently jetted off to