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The
Hill
Reports:
Obama to nominate Kerry
for secretary of State
By Kyle Balluck
12/15/12
President
Obama has decided to
nominate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) as the next secretary of State,
according to
news reports.
An
unidentified source told CNN
that a formal announcement could come as early as next week.
ABC
News, quoting unidentified
sources, said news, including the mass shooting at a school in Newtown,
Connecticut, had delayed the announcement.
Kerry
emerged as the favorite to
succeed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when U.N. Ambassador Susan
Rice
withdrew her name from consideration.
ABC
on Friday reported
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is already making plans to fill
Kerry’s Senate
seat and has already had a discussion with Vicki Kennedy, the widow of
former
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.).
The
developments come after the
State Department on Saturday announced that Clinton fainted and
suffered a
concussion.
“While
suffering from a stomach
virus, Secretary Clinton became dehydrated and fainted, sustaining a
concussion,” deputy assistant secretary Philippe Reines said in a
statement...
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