John Kerry nouveau patron du Département d’État ?

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L’une des questions cruciales qui se posent au Président Obama est le remplacement d’Hillary Clinton à la tête du Département d’État américain.

Parmi les spéculations qui courent les couloirs des rédactions et des agences US, on relève les noms de Susan Rice (démocrate, ambassadrice auprès des Nations Unies) et de John Kerry, Président de la Commission des Affaires étrangères au Sénat, proche du Vice-président Joe Biden. Le francophile John Kerry s’est toujours prononcé pour la reconnaissance du génocide des arméniens.

Mais le président peut décider de donner ce poste à l’un des républicains, par exemple, un ancien membre du parti, le sénateur Chuck Hagel ou Richard Lugar, bien qu’ils n’apparaissent pas dans la liste.

jeudi 8 novembre 2012,
Jean Eckian ©armenews.com

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Russia wants John Kerry, not Susan Rice as US Secretary of State

Russia would like to see US Senator John Kerry replace Hillary Clinton once the US Secretary of State steps down at the start of President Barack Obama's second term, a news report said on Thursday.


US officials said on Wednesday that Mrs Clinton intended to keep her promise to leave the White House administration after the presidential ballot, despite her boss having firmly secured a new four years in office.
Speculation has been rife that Washington's top foreign policy assignment may go to either the Senate Foreign Affairs committee chairman Kerry or Washington's UN ambassador Susan Rice.
An unnamed source in the Russian foreign ministry told the Kommersant business daily that Moscow would "much prefer" to see Mr Kerry take the post.
The source said Ms Rice was viewed as "too ambitious and aggressive" in Russian diplomatic circles. The UN ambassador had fought fiercely with Moscow over its refusal to back firmer action in the Syria crisis in the past year.
"It would be more difficult for Moscow to work with Washington" if Ms Rice became Secretary of State, the unnamed Russian official said.
the telegraph