NPR: Secretary of State John Kerry https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=172985723 Secretary of State John Kerry en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 23:42:54 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Secretary of State John Kerry https://www.npr.org/tags/172985723/secretary-of-state-john-kerry John Kerry Reflects On Smear Campaigns And Not Taking Anything For Granted During the 2004 presidential election, opponents used falsehoods to attack Kerry's military record. He reflects on that campaign — and on the current state of American politics — in a new memoir. Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:10:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/09/05/644830886/john-kerry-reflects-on-smear-campaigns-and-not-taking-anything-for-granted https://www.npr.org/2018/09/05/644830886/john-kerry-reflects-on-smear-campaigns-and-not-taking-anything-for-granted

During the 2004 presidential election, opponents used falsehoods to attack Kerry's military record. He reflects on that campaign — and on the current state of American politics — in a new memoir.

]]> Terry Gross John Kerry Defends Two-State Solution, Rebukes Israeli Settlements In a more than hourlong address, the outgoing secretary of state sharply criticized Israel's expansion into the West Bank, saying it was making the future prospect of peace ever dimmer. Wed, 28 Dec 2016 14:24:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/28/507269412/john-kerry-defends-two-state-solution-rebukes-israel-settlements https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/28/507269412/john-kerry-defends-two-state-solution-rebukes-israel-settlements

In a more than hourlong address, the outgoing secretary of state sharply criticized Israel's expansion into the West Bank, saying it was making the future prospect of peace ever dimmer.

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]]> Laurel Wamsley John Kerry Heads To Antarctica And To A New Travel Record Being the top U.S. diplomat means a lot of global travel — roughly a million miles and 100 countries these days. Yet Kerry is the first to see Antarctica and all seven continents. Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:59:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/08/501153007/john-kerry-heads-to-antarctica-and-to-a-new-travel-record https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/08/501153007/john-kerry-heads-to-antarctica-and-to-a-new-travel-record Being the top U.S. diplomat means a lot of global travel — roughly a million miles and 100 countries these days. Yet Kerry is the first to see Antarctica and all seven continents.

]]> Michele Kelemen Weekend Brings 'Worst Day Yet' For Aleppo Hospitals, And No Syria Deal In Sight Secretary of State John Kerry spent much of the weekend meeting with his counterparts from Russia and European countries, looking for a route to a peace, or at least humanitarian aid access, in Syria. Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:59:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/16/498155871/weekend-brings-worst-day-yet-for-aleppo-hospitals-and-no-syria-deal-in-sight https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/16/498155871/weekend-brings-worst-day-yet-for-aleppo-hospitals-and-no-syria-deal-in-sight

Secretary of State John Kerry spent much of the weekend meeting with his counterparts from Russia and European countries, looking for a route to a peace, or at least humanitarian aid access, in Syria.

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]]> Rebecca Hersher Kerry Says Strikes By Russia, Syria 'Beg For' A War Crimes Investigation "This is a targeted strategy to terrorize civilians and to kill anybody and everybody who is in the way of their military objectives," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said. Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:04:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/07/497033797/kerry-says-strikes-by-russia-syria-beg-for-a-war-crimes-investigation https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/07/497033797/kerry-says-strikes-by-russia-syria-beg-for-a-war-crimes-investigation "This is a targeted strategy to terrorize civilians and to kill anybody and everybody who is in the way of their military objectives," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.

]]> Merrit Kennedy 5 Medical Workers Reportedly Killed In Airstrikes After Syria Truce Collapses A French aid organization said its emergency medical staffers were killed near Aleppo on Tuesday, a day after the cease-fire collapsed. Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:26:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/21/494858568/5-medical-workers-reportedly-killed-in-airstrikes-after-syria-truce-collapses https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/21/494858568/5-medical-workers-reportedly-killed-in-airstrikes-after-syria-truce-collapses

A French aid organization said its emergency medical staffers were killed near Aleppo on Tuesday, a day after the cease-fire collapsed.

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]]> Merrit Kennedy White House Wants To Resettle 110,000 Refugees In U.S. Next Year Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers that the Obama administration wants to take in 110,000 refugees — up from 85,000 this fiscal year. It's not clear how many of them will be Syrian. Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:23:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/14/493922399/white-house-wants-to-resettle-110-000-refugees-in-u-s-next-year https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/14/493922399/white-house-wants-to-resettle-110-000-refugees-in-u-s-next-year Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers that the Obama administration wants to take in 110,000 refugees — up from 85,000 this fiscal year. It's not clear how many of them will be Syrian.

]]> Merrit Kennedy Secretary Of State John Kerry On Syria Cease-Fire: 'What's The Alternative?' Secretary of State John Kerry tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that the new U.S.-Russia cease-fire deal in Syria is the best option under the circumstances. Without it, he says, there would be more deaths. Wed, 14 Sep 2016 05:04:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/09/14/493798945/secretary-of-state-john-kerry-on-syria-cease-fire-whats-the-alternative https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/09/14/493798945/secretary-of-state-john-kerry-on-syria-cease-fire-whats-the-alternative

Secretary of State John Kerry tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that the new U.S.-Russia cease-fire deal in Syria is the best option under the circumstances. Without it, he says, there would be more deaths.

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]]> In U.S.-China Talks, The Metaphors Flow Freely Ancient Chinese poetry and quick metaphors are the go-to rhetorical aids in the latest meet-up between American and Chinese counterparts. Tue, 07 Jun 2016 05:02:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/07/481046659/in-u-s-china-talks-the-metaphors-flow-freely https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/07/481046659/in-u-s-china-talks-the-metaphors-flow-freely Ancient Chinese poetry and quick metaphors are the go-to rhetorical aids in the latest meet-up between American and Chinese counterparts.

]]> Elise Hu Did Ploughshares Grant Skew NPR's Iran Deal Coverage? We found no "pay for play" but the disclosure process broke down. Fri, 27 May 2016 15:14:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2016/05/27/479588582/did-ploughshares-grant-skew-nprs-iran-deal-coverage https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2016/05/27/479588582/did-ploughshares-grant-skew-nprs-iran-deal-coverage

We found no "pay for play" but the disclosure process broke down.

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