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John Kerry

karynnj

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1. This should be a fascinating addition to the various accounts that were written in 2015 and 2016

Reply to MBS (Original post)

Tue Jul 18, 2017, 12:11 PM

Jul 2017

- only much deeper and authorative.

The agreement, like the Paris Accord, was never seen as likely to happen and has proven to be stronger than would have been expected given Trump's desire to tear both up. (This Monday, his administration again confirmed that Iran was living up to the terms.) Both of these -- and maybe belated credit for leading in creating the anti-ISIS coalition, all make John Kerry the most significant Secretary of State since John Marshall.

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New book on the Iran deal, features John Kerry"in-depth interview" [View all] MBS Jul 2017 OP

This should be a fascinating addition to the various accounts that were written in 2015 and 2016 karynnj Jul 2017 #1

Yes to everything you said. MBS Jul 2017 #2

I think that with his peers, he already did karynnj Jul 2017 #3

Agreed, and thanks for reminding me about Wendy Sherman's heartfelt remarks. MBS Jul 2017 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author politicasista Sep 2017 #5