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John Kerry

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John Kerry is a prominent Democratic politician from Massachusetts who served as the 68th Secretary of State from February 2013 to January 2017 under President Barack Obama. Prior to his role as Secretary of State, Kerry was a United States Senator, representing Massachusetts from January 1985 until June 2013. During his time in the Senate, he was known for his work on foreign relations, environmental issues, and healthcare reform. He played a significant role in the negotiation of the Paris Agreement on climate change, emphasizing the importance of international cooperation in addressing global challenges.

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Jul 25, 2004

Stop and think about what's happening in America. As John said a moment ago, if you're a conservative, there is nothing conservative about piling debt on the shoulders of our children and driving the deficits up as far as the eye can see.

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Jul 22, 2004

And in our administration, John and I pledge to you, we will never go to war because we want to. The United States of America should only go to war because it has to.

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Jul 22, 2004

We're off, as John said, to an America that is stronger at home, and is again respected in the world.

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Jul 18, 2004

I love this country and I think it's going in the wrong direction.

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Jul 14, 2004

The schedule calls for presidential debates in Miami, Saint, Louis, and Tempe, Arizona, and the vice presidential debate in Cleveland.

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Jul 14, 2004

Don't tell us the strongest democracy on earth that a million disenfranchised African-Americans and the most tainted election in American history is the best that we can do.

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Jul 14, 2004

The president may be too busy to speak to you now, but I've got news for you. He's going to have plenty of time after November 2.

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Jul 13, 2004

I don't think there's any need for the president -- or for Mr. Kerry to distance himself.

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Jul 13, 2004

The only sad part is that President Candidate Kerry chose not to address that.

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Jul 11, 2004

Friends, I will be a president who meets with the leadership of the civil rights congress, who meets with the NAACP.

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Jul 11, 2004

Bush broke a trust with the American people with his decision to invade Iraq.

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Jul 11, 2004

It's not enough just to give speeches. America will only be safer when we get results.

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Jul 8, 2004

Are we going to continue to follow a self-serving regime of deceit, hypocrisy, and belligerence?

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Jul 8, 2004

There is serious and dangerous stuff out there, and something's got to change.

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Jul 7, 2004

Our crucial intelligence and military resources are overstretched abroad, and our homeland security effort at home is underfunded and poorly managed.

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Jul 6, 2004

We want to announce today that we have new campaign manager, Jack Edwards.

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Jul 6, 2004

Kerry and Edwards appeared before a crowd of thousands in the important battleground state.

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Jul 6, 2004

John Edwards, who has more experience than George Bush and better judgment than he does when he became president of the United States...

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Jul 6, 2004

We had a wonderful dinner last night, we sat around, we laughed, we chatted, we talked politics.

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Jul 5, 2004

When I came back from Vietnam in 1969, ladies and gentlemen, I'm not sure if John Edwards was out of diapers then yet, or not, I'm truly not sure. I don't know.

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Jul 5, 2004

He has honored the lessons of home and family that he learned in North Carolina, and he brings those values to shape a better America together with all of us. John Edwards is ready for this job.

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