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John Kerry

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karynnj

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Thu Jan 12, 2017, 02:02 PM Jan 2017

John Kerry flying to Vietnam today,for an event at the new American Fullbright University there [View all]

From State Department schedule:
Secretary Kerry is traveling en route to Hanoi, Vietnam. He is accompanied by Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Spokesperson John Kirby, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David N. Saperstein, Senior Advisor to the Secretary David H. Throne, Deputy Chief of Staff Tom Sullivan, and Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Admiral Frank Pandolfe. Please click here for more information.

From an interview last week:

SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I’m not going to go into the internal deliberations of the Administration yet. We have another 10 days. I’ve got another trip. I’m going to Asia, to Vietnam, where we’re going to have an official event regarding a new Fulbright University, which is an American university in Vietnam, which is quite extraordinary. And I just want to stay away from the politics of internal deliberations.

https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/01/266745.htm

Here is an interesting article, from last year that shows that Kerry has long been involved in the roots of the Fullbright University. His connection goes back to when he was a young Senator, although that had roots in his experiences in the Vietnam War decades before that.
VietNamNet Bridge – In mid-1990, the young Senator John Kerry and his two young daughters visited Vietnam. The idea of cooperation in education to promote relations between the US and Vietnam ocurred to him from that trip.


The article goes on to discuss his connection over the decades. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/special-reports/157084/john-kerry-and-the-journey-of-fulbright-university-vietnam.html PS Note that this is a Vietnamese site
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