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John Kerry is the secretary of state. He previously was a senator from Massachusetts and the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2004.

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John Kerry
stated on January 31, 2021 in in an interview:

Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.”

By Brandon Mulder • February 5, 2021
John Kerry
stated on July 11, 2018 in a statement:

Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions."

By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2018
John Kerry
stated on October 26, 2016 in a speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs:

"Surveys show that many of our citizens think we devote a full quarter or even a third of our federal budget to foreign aid."

By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2016
John Kerry
stated on September 2, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement."

By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2015
John Kerry
stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."

By Lauren Carroll • July 20, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on October 7, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says the sons of Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney and John Kerry are all on the boards of "energy companies doing business in Ukraine."

By Daniel Funke • October 10, 2019
Mitch McConnell
stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015

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