- Born
- Birth nameJohn Forbes Kerry
- Nickname
- Liveshot
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- John Kerry is an American politician who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1985 until 2013. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2004 presidential election, losing to Republican incumbent President George W. Bush.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpousesTeresa Heinz Kerry(May 26, 1995 - present)Julia Stimson Thorne(May 23, 1970 - July 25, 1988) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Lost to President George W. Bush by over 3.5 million votes on Nov. 2, 2004.
- Very good friends with Republican senior senator from Arizona
John McCain. - Favorite songs: "No Surrender" and "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen, "Hey Jude" by The Beatles, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones.
- Narrowly defeated in his bid for President of the United States, 251 to 286 electoral votes.
- On 18 February 1966, despite his opposition to the Vietnam War, Kerry
enlisted in the Navy. He was wounded during his first combat experience
on 2 December 1968 and was awarded a Purple Heart. On 20 February 1969,
he earned a second Purple Heart when his left thigh was hit with
shrapnel. On 28 February 1969, his boat was hit by a B-40 rocket. He
beached the boat, chased down the fleeing wounded Viet Cong who fired
the rocket, killed him, and returned with the rocket and its launcher.
He was awarded the Silver Star. On 13 March 1969, Kerry's boat
detonated a mine and he was wounded. For that, and rescuing Army Green
Beret James Rassmann in the same incident, he was awarded a third
Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with Combat V.
- On Bush's war in Iraq - "He did it in the worst possible way - without
the United Nations, without our allies and without a plan to win the
peace." - It's full speed ahead, and we're not playing cautious here. I'm going to take the fight to George Bush. We must take nothing for granted, but in November we will beat George W. Bush.
- If the American people give me a shot at George Bush next November, I will give them back the White House.
- I am John Kerry and I am reporting for duty.
- "I think 9/11 was the predominant overriding element. And I think that
in the end, an awful lot of people were unwilling to switch
commander-in-chief in midstream. And it just came down to, sort of,
that perception." (Imus in the Morning, February 7, 2005 - on why he
believes he lost the 2004 presidential election)
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