John Kerry

John Kerry is the secretary of state. He previously was a senator from Massachusetts and the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2004.

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John Kerry
stated on January 31, 2021 in an interview:

Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.”

By Brandon Mulder • February 5, 2021

John Kerry
stated on July 11, 2018 a statement:

Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions."

By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2018

John Kerry
stated on October 26, 2016 a speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs:

"Surveys show that many of our citizens think we devote a full quarter or even a third of our federal budget to foreign aid."

By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2016

John Kerry
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement."

By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2015

John Kerry
stated on July 20, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."

By Lauren Carroll • July 20, 2014

John Kerry
stated on April 17, 2014 a speech:

"In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as Jews."

By Julie Kliegman • April 18, 2014

John Kerry
stated on March 2, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":

"The (Russian) ruble is already going down."

By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2014

John Kerry
stated on September 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”:

Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.

By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013

John Kerry
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

On U.S.-Israeli relations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "set the record straight — he said, our two countries have 'exactly the same policy' (and) 'our security cooperation is unprecedented.'"

By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2012

John Kerry
stated on November 20, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal urged raising $2 trillion in new revenue.

By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2011

John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 ABC's "This Week":

"Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon."

By Robert Farley • June 8, 2010

John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week'':

"We now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11."

By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2010

John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2009 an op-ed published in the Huffington Post:

"Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013."

By Catharine Richert • September 2, 2009

John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2008 an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.":

"Gov. Palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made."

By Keith Perine • September 3, 2008

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stated on October 7, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says the sons of Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney and John Kerry are all on the boards of "energy companies doing business in Ukraine."

By Daniel Funke • October 10, 2019

Mitch McConnell
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015