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John Kerry

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karynnj

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Sat Jan 14, 2017, 11:51 AM Jan 2017

In Vietnam, Kerry met one of the Viet Cong who was in the ambush that led to Kerry's [View all]

Silver star. This has to be an incredible emotional moment for Secretary Kerry on his last diplomatic mission in a career where he actually did help the world avoid at least one war ... with the Iran Nuclear Deal. Then his comment to his peers went back to what he experienced as a young sailor.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/back-on-the-mekong-delta-john-kerry-finds-a-man-who-once-tried-to-kill-him-and-exoneration/2017/01/14/89ae82a0-d9ce-11e6-a0e6-d502d6751bc8_story.html?utm_term=.5fd7dbf4a38b

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