What a nice time to celebrate his 70th, thriving in his position and obviously having the time of his life. And doing SUPERIOR work for the State Department and for the country. Bravo, Secretary Kerry

As I, too, grow older, I find JK and THK so inspiring. And I agree with MBS -- he is absolutely in his prime right now, living his dream of making the world a better place. At last, he is free to use every gift he possesses to try to "make things right" as he said in the recent interview about the inspiration he got as a young man from JFK.

This has been an incredible year for him. I hope that the next three years see the fruits of the hard work he has started this year. It is also great that he still has Teresa by his side loving him and believing in him.

Reading all the things written on his peace efforts, I can't help remember the letter he wrote his first wife (before they married) when he learned of the death of his friend Pershing. He wrote:

" if I do nothing else in my life I will never stop trying to bring to people the conviction of how wasteful and asinine is a human expenditure of this kind.''

Between his testimony in 1971 and today, he has certainly made good on that goal. I remember the Boston Globe reporting that the day when he officially was announced as the SOS nominee, he went to the grave of his friend.

Love the look on the kids' faces.

Happy Birthday, JK.

How sweet of the State Department staff.

I love the way they wrote he no longer was connected, but still loved chocolate!

Here is another one instead https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/410839037705216000/photo/1

And a lovely comment to that picture, just in case you miss it

richard Geddis‏@bigreggie0943m
“@WhiteHouse: Happy 70th birthday to @StateDept Secretary John Kerry! pic.twitter.com/OH4H0BD27F” wow never thought he was 70 I thought 50ish

"Ben & Kerry"? I would go for that in a sec!

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