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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.

Oct 3, 2004

The hard truth is that when it comes to stem cell research, this president is making the wrong choice to sacrifice science for extreme right-wing ideology.

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Sep 30, 2004

My friends, this is the president who created a tax gap by providing a tax cut to the wealthiest Americans instead of investing in homeland security and the United States.

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Sep 30, 2004

He just said the enemy attacked us. Saddam Hussein didn't attack us, Osama bin Laden attacked us, al Qaeda attacked us.

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Sep 30, 2004

53 percent of those interviewed thought they thought that Senator Kerry did the best job, while 37 percent picked the president.

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Sep 29, 2004

He is a Massachusetts liberal, he's been voting against defense and intelligence all his life.

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Sep 29, 2004

George Bush intends to make national security the key issue of this campaign. He has to. There's nothing else for him to run on.

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Sep 29, 2004

The governor tries to take credit for the jobs, 250,000. He sounds like the rooster who's trying to take credit for the sunrise.

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Sep 29, 2004

He has a very sophisticated concept that going after Saddam Hussein and getting rid of this tyrant was a setback in the war on terror.

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Sep 29, 2004

I have a plan to get us out of Iraq, I have a plan to win the thing. And if Bush won't even recognize that it's going in the wrong direction, so he can't have a plan to win, because he thinks things are going great already.

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Sep 29, 2004

I fought in a mistake called Vietnam. How are we going to have confidence that you're not going to vote in a war and peace issue for another mistake?

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Sep 28, 2004

It's not worth more. It's not. It's not worth anything. It's scum that ought to be thrown into jail for the rest of its life and that ought to learn day after day the pain and hell of living with a loss of freedom and with the crime…

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