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John Kerry

MBS

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2. this is great.

Reply to karynnj (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 07:35 AM

Feb 2013

That article was written by the same reporter (Newton-Small) mentioned in the Dana Milbank article in my OP.
I especially loved this concluding sentence:

But you could tell that he had the same thrill as a 12-year-old might on a big adventure. In the decade that I’ve known him I have not seen him as patently happy since the campaign. Freed from any more elections or politics, Kerry’s diving in like a gleeful kid in a candy shop.

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press reports on JK's first day at State (please add to this!) [View all] MBS Feb 2013 OP

Here is a nice Time article - main point being Kerry is happy and enthusiastic karynnj Feb 2013 #1

this is great. MBS Feb 2013 #2

Very nice quote Inuca Feb 2013 #3

Boston Globe version MBS Feb 2013 #4

the_kerry_era_begins Mass Feb 2013 #5

Did I say I hate Al Kamen? (Or at least his column, In The Loop, as it seems he did not write this) Mass Feb 2013 #7

I find Al Kamen highly annoying, too. MBS Feb 2013 #8

John Kerry, Chuck Hagel confront historic rivalry Mass Feb 2013 #6