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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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Feb 6, 2012

The United States and India are working to build a strategic partnership that will benefit both sides.

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Feb 6, 2012

Enhancing our relationship with India is a strategic and economic imperative.

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Feb 6, 2012

In your testimony, you stated that CSO must partner with those who will make us most effective.

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Feb 6, 2012

I take a lesson from my time as a teacher of American Government and American history...

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Feb 6, 2012

I think all of these are very important.

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Feb 6, 2012

I am hopeful that the Egyptians will reconsider their position and that this matter will be resolved promptly.

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Feb 6, 2012

There are few relationships that will be as vital in the 21st century as our growing ties with India and its people.

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Feb 6, 2012

The challenge in front of Egypt is predominantly an economic challenge.

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Feb 6, 2012

Egypt faces an array of critical challenges: a pending fiscal crisis, a worsening security environment, a difficult political transition.

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Feb 6, 2012

Yesterday's prosecutions are, frankly, a slap in the face to Americans who have supported Egypt for decades.

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Feb 6, 2012

I think we have seen over the 20 years of economic reforms a tremendous number of people who have been removed from absolute poverty.

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Feb 6, 2012

There will certainly have to be support for some of these technologies, support for the research regulatory framework that allows them to be used.

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Feb 6, 2012

Energy cooperation between the United States and India also should be at the top of our bilateral agenda.

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Feb 6, 2012

It is important to the stability of the region, and it is important to a peace process ultimately with respect to Israel and the Palestinians.

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Feb 6, 2012

The attacks against civil society in Egypt, including American organizations like NDI, IRI, the International Center for Journalists, and Freedom House, are particularly disturbing.

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Jan 30, 2012

An end run around the Senate and the Constitution. He called it an abuse of power.

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Jan 25, 2012

I think a lot of us really value in a judge.

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Jan 25, 2012

This jurist is the best of the best, and we are convinced that he is going to do a tremendous job.

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Dec 14, 2011

There is an overriding responsibility of the international community ... to find a path away from a return to national violence in the Congo

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Dec 14, 2011

We are deeply disturbed by the loss of life that has already occurred and, unfortunately, the potential for ever-widening regional domestic conflict and upheaval

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Dec 14, 2011

The results are so marred by widespread charges of fraud and dishonesty that the credibility of the entire election may be fatally impaired

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Nov 30, 2011

The multilateral phased approach that the Under Secretary so well articulated, is crucial to maintaining that multilateral framework.

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Nov 30, 2011

The sanctions that have been imposed, the toughest regime ever in the history of our country and in the world, quite frankly, has meant that it is not only--those sanctions not only act as a deterrence, but probably more importantly in the…

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Nov 30, 2011

How we might be able to change this current equation in a way that is rational and beneficial to all parties.

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Nov 30, 2011

There could not be a more critical challenge in terms of proliferation and questions of terrorism in the region.

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