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Sen. John Kerry
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WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 19: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry (D-MA) walks though a Senate tunnel on Capitol Hill December 19, 2010 in Washington, DC. The US Senate continued to debate the new START Treaty, a ratification of a nuclear-arms treaty with Russia, during its weekend session before the end of the 111th Congresses' lame duck session. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
