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karynnj

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3. You're right he attended all the foreign minister level conferences
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 09:36 PM
Jul 2016

and had a lot of pre summit meetings and visits to Georgia and Ukraine. Not to mention, the Friday SD daily briefing spoke of him returning later that evening. This is the NY Post and Daily Mail ... and other right wing sources. It is a very strange criticism as he has kept up a schedule that has been amazing - even when he broke his leg.

Here is the response of the SD spokesperson at today's briefing.

Can I just move from the Durand Line to Broadway? (Laughter.) Secretary of State Kerry left the NATO Summit earlier than his – than the President or Secretary Carter or indeed Secretary Nuland, and many of the other principles from other NATO allies, and then on Saturday night he attended a production of Hamilton on Broadway. Did he leave early to go to the theater?

MR KIRBY: Well, a couple of things on this, Dave. I think, number one, it’s important to note that he had a very full schedule, very comprehensive agenda in Warsaw – actually the entire week, but certainly at Warsaw.

QUESTION: Okay.

MR KIRBY: And he completed all his commitments at the Warsaw Summit before departing, each and every one of them, and no event that happened the day following involved leaders at the foreign minister level. It was a heads of state day, basically, of topics. So he worked very hard in Warsaw. He completed all the meetings and discussions that he had intended to complete, but yes, he did depart before the President, and he departed because he had committed to attend the wedding of the son of a very dear, close, personal friend of his back in New England. That is the reason why he left Warsaw a little early. But again, I would stress that even if he had stayed, he would have already completed his entire agenda. So I think press reporting and speculation out there that he left Warsaw to attend a play is just patently false.

QUESTION: But the play didn’t appear on his public schedule.

MR KIRBY: He did go to the musical on Saturday night. That is a fact. He did, as a private endeavor, something that he wanted to do with his daughter. So he did attend. But that had nothing to do with his Warsaw agenda whatsoever and it had no effect whatsoever on the work that he was able to get done in Warsaw.

Yeah.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2016/07/259568.htm

Could this be jealousy? Kerry is certainly well liked by many cool people. Apparently, people who came to the show were very happy to see him.
http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/scene-at-lmms-final-hamilton-performance.html?mid=twitter-share-vulture


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