The White House: Has a Statement by POTUS on the confirmation by the US Senate of Senator Kerry as the next US Secretary of State. POTUS states the following, " I am pleased that the Senate has confirmed John Kerry as our next Secretary of State with overwhelming bipartisan support. From his decorated service in Vietnam to his decades in the Senate as a champion of American global leadership, John’s distinguished career has prepared him to guide American diplomacy in the years ahead.
Lets Get Real:
The question is will Kerry have any real influence, it has been said that the outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was not part of the inner Obama kitchen cabinet, and she nearly beat POTUS in 2008 for the Democratic nomination, so what real power base will Kerry really have with POTUS. At State Kerry will have to deal with Mali, the crisis in Mali and the neighbouring States is growing, thus the UK sending 350 Soldiers to Africa, with 40 going to Mali, how long before US Special Forces as requested by the French, there is a lot of sand to cover if the terrorists are going to be taken down. Then is Israel there is the developing prospect that Israel will hit Iran, and Iran will hit US Naval interests in the area, the Civil War in Syria is endless, even if the CIA is moving weapons from Libya to Syria to help the rebels. There is the growing tensions in Egypt, the attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood to make the secular Egypt another Iran, while the Oval hopes that Egypt keeps Gaza quiet as to prevent Israel invading it, then we come to the US drone strikes, the UN has started to look in to drone strikes, lets see if they take on the Oval. The State Department only has influence if it is close to the Oval, one can assume that while the PR will be at State the real power and the action of the US will be taken by the Oval.
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