Honorable John Kerry
United States Senator, Massachusetts, Democrat
John Kerry was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1985. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in 2004 and lost to George W. Bush in the general election. He is the chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. The following is from Senator Kerry’s statement during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s September 11, 2007, hearing on the Iraq report presented by General David Petraeus and Admiral Ryan Crocker. This is a historic moment: Not since General [William]Westmoreland appeared before Congress 40 years ago has an active duty generalplayed such a major public role in the…
