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Kerry ‘betrayed and surprised’ by McCain onslaught
Yahoo! ^ | Olivier Knox

Posted on 04/09/2014 11:16:06 PM PDT by wetphoenix

Secretary of State John Kerry felt “betrayed and surprised” by Republican Sen. John McCain’s withering and highly personal criticisms at a congressional hearing, a senior administration official told Yahoo News on Wednesday.

Kerry “felt betrayed and surprised to see McCain so angrily rooting for failure against one of the most internationalist members of the administration,” said the official, who is close to the secretary and requested anonymity to speak candidly about the top diplomat’s reaction.

The key word there might be “internationalist.” Republicans long openly contemptuous of President Barack Obama’s cautious handling of world affairs — “leading from behind,” as one anonymous administration aide once described it — had hoped that Kerry would nudge the administration to take a more aggressive approach to problems such as the civil war in Syria.

“I'm sure we will have our disagreements, which I know neither of us will hesitate to bring to the other's attention,” McCain declared at Kerry’s confirmation hearing in January 2013. “But I know he will acquit himself in that office with distinction and use his many talents and his indefatigable persistence to advance our country's interests. And I commend his nomination to you without reservation.”

But the change Republicans hoped for hasn’t happened, or hasn’t happened quickly enough. At the same time, the GOP has redoubled its attacks on Obama over Russia’s seizure of Crimea, over nuclear talks with Iran, and over putting pressure on Israel in Middle East peace talks. And no one in Congress has more sharply criticized the White House on foreign policy, and especially Syria, than McCain.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: collaborator; kerry; mccain; secstatekerry

1 posted on 04/09/2014 11:16:07 PM PDT by wetphoenix
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“We were in solidarity in the struggle to help end the invasion and slaughter of the Vietnamese people by the imperialist running dog warmongers and crush the bourgeoisie. What happened?”
2 posted on 04/09/2014 11:18:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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Gee I wonder if along with betrayed and surprised, Kerryline also felt wounded? Maybe she'll put in for another Pussy Heart, I won't refer to the award that so many real soldiers got through actual battle.
3 posted on 04/09/2014 11:24:18 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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McCain has no room to talk.


4 posted on 04/09/2014 11:28:36 PM PDT by dfwgator
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They’ll make up by tomorrow. McCain’s outrage against the Obama Administration policies is as fake as TV Wrestling. IOW staged fight.


5 posted on 04/09/2014 11:28:47 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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6 posted on 04/09/2014 11:29:40 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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“Gengis” Kerry, has never much good at anything except looting wealthy widows fortunes. I guess though, McLame must have had a brain fart again.


7 posted on 04/09/2014 11:30:09 PM PDT by vette6387
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There’s no honor among thieves anymore! boo hoo hoo


8 posted on 04/09/2014 11:31:28 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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Why, John?

He’s a known traitorous backstabber, just like you.


9 posted on 04/09/2014 11:33:38 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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What happened?

???

Horse face smelled the scent of woman. A very very rich woman.

And it would not be the last!


10 posted on 04/10/2014 1:50:56 AM PDT by NaturalBornC1t1zen (GO TED, GO!)
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I love the smell of leftists burning in the morning.


11 posted on 04/10/2014 2:02:48 AM PDT by 867V309 (Obammy = LIAR)
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As soon as there is a cause that is bad for both conservatives and America, the two of them will be whispering sweet talking points to each other.


12 posted on 04/10/2014 2:11:55 AM PDT by pallis
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I have little use for either of them. Looks to me like McCain is merely running interference for Hillary.


13 posted on 04/10/2014 2:29:25 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Now Kerry knows how conservatives feel about McCain all the time.


14 posted on 04/10/2014 2:54:57 AM PDT by jospehm20
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Nothing more than verbal window dressing from Mclame. (Isn’t he about to run again?)


15 posted on 04/10/2014 4:24:54 AM PDT by DaveA37
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Watch for some `I’m a conservative too!’ Kerry bashing by Lindsey Graham, also up for reelection this fall.


16 posted on 04/10/2014 4:43:03 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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