Menendez’s set to gain from Rice loss
When US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration as the next Secretary of State, she turned Washington, D.C.’s attention to U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.).
The chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is widely reported to be the most likely next choice to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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