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John Kerry

politicasista

(14,128 posts)

7. He is taking a lot of heat for that and

Reply to Mass (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 06:36 PM

Aug 2013

not doing more to help the gay athletes' rights/gay olympians and Russia. Some members of Congress wrote a letter to him saying he should speak out more.

IMO, he is also nominated a new envoy to Egypt (Thought that was Obama's job?) Quite sure he will be pressured at some point to named a woman or person of color (not to the Middle East, but other regions) very soon.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/world/middleeast/kerry-picks-former-syria-envoy-as-ambassador-to-egypt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimesworld&_r=0

In addition to what wisteria said above, also MHO that Kerry gets judged more harshly than any other Obama cabinet member, minus AG Holder. Just an observation.

If the links above are not appropriate, will delete it asap.