Susan Rice’s withdrawal from consideration for secretary of state was the diplomatic - and necessary - precursor to the possibility of Senator John F. Kerry getting the appointment.
Rice is a personal friend of the president’s, a young Rhodes Scholar and fellow African-American who advised his 2008 presidential campaign and went on to be his representative at the United Nations.
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I have to wonder if Kerry would actually want the job now that he knows he was, at best, the second choice?