Kerry says his daughter Vanessa has won a Fulbright scholarship

Associated Press ^ | AP staff

[freespirited]

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry said Saturday that his daughter Vanessa has won a Fulbright scholarship to study medicine in London. Vanessa Kerry is a 27-year-old Harvard medical student who frequently travels with her father's campaign. According to the Fulbright Web site, about 1,000 U.S. students are awarded the federally funded fellowships each year of about 4,500 who apply. Kerry told reporters traveling with him to a long weekend vacation in Idaho that Vanessa recently found out she was one of this year's winners.

[Hildy]

Also, if we should enter a horrid nightmare where Kerry is elected President, can you imagine the expense of Secret Service to protect her overseas and the inconvenience to everyone else?

[tmp02]

Is she requesting for a Purple Heart too? Just like good ol' dad.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Kerry says his daughter Vanessa has won a Fulbright scholarship

And, a Heinz-Kerry is applying for a scholorship exactly why??

What about the "less fortunate people"?

[Hildy]

Could you imagine what the Press would do to GW if one of the Bush Girls accepted a Federally funded scholarship? Shouldn't relatives of members of Congress be disqualified because of the appearance of impropriety? My God, if you work for a newspaper you can't even enter any contests they sponsor. OY.

[DaveMSmith]

Given their terrible health care system, can't say it'll teach her anything.

She is in dental school?

[tertiary01]

I think it's for the prestige more than the savings. Didn't Clinton win one of these? It's like an extra plum on a political resume, opens a few more doors in the Demo world.

[Hildy]

She shouldn't disqualify herself because her parents her wealthy, she should disqualify herself because her Father is a US SENATOR.

[cyborg]

Clinton was a Rhodes Schol.

[hflynn]

I think she's the one whose boobs we HAVEN'T seen. Yet

I can't believe you have never seen John and Teresa?

[ampat]

Right, The one who always tells lies about Bush. She may well be the designated family lier.

[Joe 6-pack]

Will she celebrate Christmas away from home? Will the experience be seared in her memory, too?

[Reeses]

She was inspired to become a medical doctor from Kerry performing CPR on her hamster.

[dodger fan]

Won't the Secret Service have to protect Barbara Bush when she goes to Africa to work with AIDS patients, as she plans to do?

[Tunehead54]

I went googling for a pic of Vanessa Kerry and got a pic with this link to a Vietnameses paper from Jan this year! Anyone able to transalate this article?

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Something about Kerry with a pic of him from 1972

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[Calvin Locke]

She won't even show up. She'll hit that Peter Principle like a freight train

Well, if its an exchange program, and she's taken a leave of absence...what am I missing here?

Our tax dollars at work.

I won't go in to the propriety of Kerry not scolding his daughter for taking a LOA for without a legitimate reason.

[Mo1]

One .. who is on the board that gives out these scholarships?

Second .. why is a girl who's father is married to a BILLIONAIRE and who's mother is worth 300 MILLION APPLYING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP ?!?!?!?!?

[Calvin Locke]

Clinton was a Rhodes Schol.

What's "Schol."? Oh, you mean he never compeleted the program?

[tertiary01]

That's right, Clinton was just a protege of Fulbright.

[razorback-bert]

[FairOpinion]

Good for her.

But that doesn't make Kerry any more qualified to be President of the US.