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On the recordJanuary 24, 2007
I have had the good fortune in my lifetime, my adult life, to see people for whom I have developed a tremendous respect and admiration, and certainly one of those people is John Kerry. Why? Why would I say that about John Kerry? Why would I say that as I have traveled through life he is one of those people who has meant so much to me in being a role model for the things that I do and the things that I think the American people should focus on? He has a tremendous educational background--Yale, Boston College. He was a prosecutor. He was a war hero. A war hero--multiple awards, fighting in the jungles of Vietnam, for heroism. John Kerry has had a Silver Star, multiple Purple Hearts--I repeat, multiple awards for bravery. He is a political activist, someone who at great sacrifice decided to do gallant things after his heroic efforts in Vietnam. He came home and continued being a hero politically.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Praising John Kerry's character and accomplishments during a speech.

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