John Kerry confirmed as Secretary of State
13:49 30.01.2013
John Kerry’s nomination as President Barack Obama’s new secretary of
state sailed through the US Senate on Tuesday, as his fellow senators
voted overwhelmingly to confirm him to replace Hillary Clinton as the
country’s top diplomat.
The vote was 94-3 in favor. The two senators from Texas, John Cornyn
and Ted Cruz, and Oklahoma senator James Inhofe, all Republicans, were
the only no votes.
Three senators did not vote. Kerry, the senior Democratic senator from
Massachusetts, voted `present’.
Senator Robert Menendez, chairman of the Foreign Relations committee,
said before the roll call that a heavy vote for Kerry would send a
`strong message’ to the rest of the world that he had the firm backing
of the entire United States.
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