John Kerry

YvonneCa

(10,117 posts) Thu Jun 16, 2016, 05:45 PM Jun 2016

So I kind of like the promotion...

...here: http://mobile.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/06/16/world/europe/ap-eu-britain-shooting-the-latest.html?referer=https://t.co/0l0lzvVA7P

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So I kind of like the promotion... (Original Post) YvonneCa Jun 2016 OP

Must be a Kerrycrat at the Times! Luftmensch067 Jun 2016 #1

At the AP, Yahoo and a couple... YvonneCa Jun 2016 #2

I think I am missing something karynnj Jun 2016 #3

Sorry, karynnj. It is a terrible... YvonneCa Jun 2016 #4

I sort of guessed they had the title wrong - but I'm not sure VP would be a real promotion karynnj Jun 2016 #5

I agree. Maybe the fact that the author.. YvonneCa Jun 2016 #6

Luftmensch067

(2,411 posts)

1. Must be a Kerrycrat at the Times!

Reply to YvonneCa (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 06:25 PM

Jun 2016

YvonneCa

(10,117 posts)

2. At the AP, Yahoo and a couple...

Reply to Luftmensch067 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 07:19 PM

Jun 2016

...of others, too! .

karynnj

(59,944 posts)

3. I think I am missing something

Reply to YvonneCa (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 08:29 PM

Jun 2016

What a terrible tragedy. She seemed to be a great person - and she has young kids.

YvonneCa

(10,117 posts)

4. Sorry, karynnj. It is a terrible...

Reply to karynnj (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 10:51 PM

Jun 2016

...tragedy. Awful.
Several media outlets...including the NYT...carried this short report of Kerry's and the Prime Minister's condolences with an error. They referred to our SOS as Vice President John Kerry. 😁
It's now been corrected.

karynnj

(59,944 posts)

5. I sort of guessed they had the title wrong - but I'm not sure VP would be a real promotion

Reply to YvonneCa (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 08:41 AM

Jun 2016

- now President John Kerry -- would be. Both jobs necessarily defer to the President, but in this term, Kerry has worked on the nuclear deal and the Paris Accords which are two of the top Obama accomplishments.

YvonneCa

(10,117 posts)

6. I agree. Maybe the fact that the author..

Reply to karynnj (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:05 AM

Jun 2016

...was aware of so many accomplishments explains the promotion error. 😉

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