John Kerry

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(59,944 posts) Fri May 13, 2016, 09:03 PM May 2016

Kerry announced at a meeting in DC that Andre Heinz, who lives in Sweden is getting married

The meeting was a working lunch with five Nordic leaders (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland).

From the transcript:

Now, before you all run away, if I can indulge for – and I don’t want to keep everybody from the food, but a couple quick things. First of all, I want everybody to join me if you will, please, in saying thank you and hello to my wife Teresa, who empowers me to go out and do all of this. Thank you. (Applause.)

And secondly, I’m privileged to have here as a guest today my future stepdaughter-in-law, who is marrying my stepson, Andre Heinz, who has been living in Stockholm for 10-plus years or more. I mean, he’s been living there forever now, and he met a beautiful Icelandic woman who he is marrying this summer. And I look forward to being in Stockholm for that, but I want you all to say hello to Maria Marteinsdottir. (Applause.)

The Finnish leader had a cool comment to Kerry:

I also want to thank you personally for your determination in pursuing political solutions to a multitude of crises around the world. In Finnish we have a word for extraordinary stamina and determination. The word is sisu. The way which you have negotiated for peace in the Middle East, the nuclear deal with Iran, and your persistent efforts to end the civil war in Syria witness you of sisu. Are you, by the way, sure, Mr. Secretary, that you don’t have some Finnish ancestor? (Laughter.)

http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/05/257193.htm