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U.S. Senate approves Kerry as secretary of state

2013-01-29 16:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: John Kerry's nomination as President Barack Obama's new secretary of state sailed through the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, as his fellow senators voted overwhelmingly to confirm him to replace Hillary Clinton as the country's top diplomat. The vote was 94-3 in favor. The two senators from Texas, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe, all Republicans, were the only no votes. Three senators did not vote. Kerry, the senior Democratic senator from Massachusetts, voted "present."...

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