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41 Senators for the deal, the Pope coming to DC and the UN - this should be a great month [View all]
for Obama and Kerry.
It may still be a little early to celebrate, but this is a fantastic moment. It is cool that it comes before the Pope's visit later this month. The visit of the Pope will obviously be another great moment especially for the Secretary of State, Biden and several DC Catholics, including Leahy.
Here is a State Department release on their group that connects understanding of religion to foreign policy.
In it, Kerry says,
In early 2014, I had the honor of traveling with President Obama to Rome to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. Visiting the first Jesuit pope as the U.S. secretary of state was an experience that I never could have imagined when I was an altar boy 60 years ago. The moment was both personally thrilling and an embodiment of the deep connection between religion and America’s foreign affairs.
: http://blogs.state.gov/stories/2015/09/05/toward-betr-understanding-religion-and-global-affairs#sthash.MIe6cOBR.dpuf
I bet the Secretary's old mentor, (Congressman) Father Drinan would be very proud of the Iran deal.
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