John Kerry: ‘I’m Sort of Thinking 2016’

Kerry made the remark during a gathering of all living Secretaries of State

John Kerry: 'I'm Sort of Thinking 2016' (The Weekly Standard)

Secretary of State John Kerry's speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Diplomacy Center in Washington, D.C. Wednesday included an intriguing aside that appeared to reference the upcoming 2016 presidential election. Kerry spoke after remarks by each of the five former secretaries of state in attendance: Henry Kissinger, James Baker, III, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, and Hillary Clinton (Condoleezza Rice and George Shultz were not present.) After extolling the accomplishments of each of the five former top diplomats, Kerry said, "Join me, all of you, in thanking five of our six living former secretaries of state... They all look so great, it makes me -- I'm sort of thinking 2016, OK." The audience laughed.

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