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Happy 70th birthday to John Kerry! (Original Post) karynnj Dec 2013 OP
And many more! nt MADem Dec 2013 #1
A very active and young 70! wisteria Dec 2013 #2
thanks for the reminder! MBS Dec 2013 #3
He makes 70 look enviable! Luftmensch067 Dec 2013 #4
Found a very nice birthday blog post Luftmensch067 Dec 2013 #5
Very nice! karynnj Dec 2013 #6
Wonderful. Thanks. ProSense Dec 2013 #7
JK and THK at the memorial for Mandela in DC karynnj Dec 2013 #8
Nice birthday tweet from Andrea Mitchell - picture with Ben and what looks like a cake. karynnj Dec 2013 #9
Cookies: ProSense Dec 2013 #10
How sweet - and look where they got them from - the cookie company that Kerry and a friend started karynnj Dec 2013 #11
TPM: John Kerry Celebrates 70th Birthday With New Dog ProSense Dec 2013 #12
ROFLMAO!!!! n/t Luftmensch067 Dec 2013 #13
Saw that picture on Twitter and wanted to post it Inuca Dec 2013 #14
: ) n/t ProSense Dec 2013 #15
MSNBC coverage karynnj Dec 2013 #16
Wonderful posts- every one if them. n/t wisteria Dec 2013 #17

MBS

(9,688 posts)
3. thanks for the reminder!
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 04:40 AM
Dec 2013

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

Luftmensch067

(2,411 posts)
4. He makes 70 look enviable!
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 09:42 AM
Dec 2013

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.

karynnj

(59,905 posts)
6. Very nice!
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 11:37 AM
Dec 2013

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.

karynnj

(59,905 posts)
11. How sweet - and look where they got them from - the cookie company that Kerry and a friend started
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 12:54 PM
Dec 2013

How sweet of the State Department staff.

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

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
12. TPM: John Kerry Celebrates 70th Birthday With New Dog
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 01:29 PM
Dec 2013
John Kerry Celebrates 70th Birthday With New Dog
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-kerry-celebrates-70th-birthday-with-new-dog

From the comments:

"Ben and Kerry? Are they going to make ice cream for dogs?"




Inuca

(8,945 posts)
14. Saw that picture on Twitter and wanted to post it
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 02:17 PM
Dec 2013

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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