If this is correct, Kerry is in the Middle East again

karynnj

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Tue Mar-30-10 07:14 AM
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If this is correct, Kerry is in the Middle East again

"Whitney Smith, spokesman to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass), has a list of recess pleasures: �Watching interns struggle with �business casual,� 3 am cell phone �wake-up� calls from native reporters in the Middle East where Chairman Kerry is visiting, counting the number of congressional staffers who volunteered at the WH Easter Egg role just to see the cast of �Glee,� and rediscovering pre-9 pm happy hour.�

http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1003/what_im_doing_during_recess.html

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Tue Mar-30-10 07:19 AM
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1. Not now. He was in Boston yesterday and I read somewhere he is planned to meet with Sarkozy today or

Edited on Tue Mar-30-10 07:21 AM by Mass

tomorrow.

This said, this does not mean he will go there later during this recess (may be he is tired of the rain as much as I am).

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hk-avy_ua9wpGUC1X6jL0e0tGdhQD9EOQ6DG0
Sarkozy starts his Washington tour Tuesday by meeting Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, with climate change a top topic.

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karynnj

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Tue Mar-30-10 07:49 AM
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2. LOL - Going to trouble spots to avoid the rain

This makes more sense as Kerry was very recently in the Middle East and Netanyahu was just in DC - and relations are tense. The Sarkozy meeting sounds interesting - and I guess that means he returned to DC. It makes sense, with both the work on the climate change bill and on the ratification of START II he would be there.

We have had a huge amount of rain, but nothing like what you in MA had.

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TayTay

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Tue Mar-30-10 12:29 PM
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3. MSNBC said Sen. Kerry was meeting with The Prez at 11:45 am today

so I am guessing he is in DC and is kind of sticking around the East Coast for bit to see how the flooding situation goes in MA. (Should be fine by Easter.)

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beachmom

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Tue Mar-30-10 02:43 PM
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4. He's going tonight:

senatus Kerry off tonight for Lebanon & Syria, to assess prospects for progress in Arab-Israeli peace process... (via @OKnox)

The source:

http://twitter.com/OKnox (Congress/Politics Correspondent, Agence France-Presse (AFP))

Dem Sen Kerry is off tonight for Lebanon and Syria, to assess prospects for progress in Arab-Israeli peace process, his office says.

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TayTay

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Tue Mar-30-10 03:46 PM
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5. Good. He did well this week

And the local Senate gang is monitoring the flooding situation quite well. JK is doing well.

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Luftmensch067

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Wed Mar-31-10 08:47 AM
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6. He sure is!

I'm thrilled and impressed by the energy of his staff (see the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=fl_1152754580292) supporting JK's own amazing energy on all the issues he cares so deeply about. Feels like everything's clicking in his team in a very exciting way.

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