<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I agreed Chuck. It is also good chance for war legacy Practitioners , especialy Project RENEW.</div><div><br></div><div>Nam<br><br>Đã gửi từ iPhone của tôi</div><div><br>Ngày 22-12-2012, vào lúc 12:30, Chuck Searcy <<a href="mailto:chucksearcy@yahoo.com">chucksearcy@yahoo.com</a>> viết:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div id="yiv1416412770"><div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_79 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_80" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><span>The
nomination of John Kerry is good news for U.S. veterans, for Vietnam,
and for our efforts here to reduce and ultimately eliminate the
continuing problems of bombs and mines, and Agent Orange, the last two
remaining legacies of the war.</span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_80 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_81" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span></span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_81 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_82" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>If Chuck Hagel becomes Secretary of Defense that will also a plus for Vietnam and for our efforts.<br></span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_82 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_83" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span></span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_83 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_84" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>CHUCK<br></span></div><div><font size="1"><br><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_84 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_85" style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(128, 0, 0);font-weight:bold;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_85 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_86" style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(128, 0, 0);font-weight:bold;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><font class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_86 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_87" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(128, 0, 0);" size="1">==================================<br>CHUCK SEARCY<br>Project RENEW <br></font></font><font size="1"><font class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_87
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0, 0);" size="1">Vietnam Enterprise Group</font></font><br>Humpty Dumpty Institute<br>Veterans for Peace<br>25 Truong Han Sieu, #302, Hanoi, Vietnam<br>Mobile: +84 (0) 903 420 769<br>Email: <a href="mailto:chucksearcy@yahoo.com">chucksearcy@yahoo.com</a><br>Web: landmines.org.vn<br>Web: <a href="http://vietnamenterprisegroup.com">vietnamenterprisegroup.com</a><br>Web: <a href="http://thehdi.org">thehdi.org</a><br>Web: <a href="http://veteransforpeace.org">veteransforpeace.org</a><br>Skype: chucksearcy<br>==================================</font></font><span><br></span><br><span style="font-size:13px;"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_90 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_91" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hG9bX7MlcLouTZdGjZ7IJLcYSKCg?docId=CNG.1c9383c4d32989d1cf9d60748477a5f2.651">http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hG9bX7MlcLouTZdGjZ7IJLcYSKCg?docId=CNG.1c9383c4d32989d1cf9d60748477a5f2.651</a></span></span><br><div id="yiv1416412770articleheadline">
<h2>Obama picks John Kerry as secretary of state<span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_91 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_92" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="yiv1416412770byline"></span><span class="yiv1416412770author2"></span></span><br></h2><div class="yiv1416412770title-meta2"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_92 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_93" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="yiv1416412770author2">By Stephen Collinson (AFP Agence France-Presse</span>)<br>
<span class="yiv1416412770date2">Posted on 12/22/2012 8:20 AM | Updated 12/22/2012 8:46 AM
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</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_105 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_100" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="yiv1416412770easy_img_caption" style="display:inline-block;line-height:0.5;vertical-align:top;background-color:#F2F2F2;text-align:center;min-width:!important;max-width:640px;min-height:!important;margin:10px 10px;"><img class="yiv1416412770thinglinkFetching" src="http://static.rappler.com/images/US-DIPLOMACY-OBAMA-KERRY.jpg" alt="NOMINATED. US Senator John Kerry (R) watches as US President Barack Obama announces Kerry as his choice for the next secretary of state on December 21, 2012 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN" title="NOMINATED. US Senator John Kerry (R) watches as US President Barack Obama announces Kerry as his choice for the next secretary of state on December 21, 2012 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC. AFP
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US Senator John Kerry (R) watches as US President Barack Obama
announces Kerry as his choice for the next secretary of state on
December 21, 2012 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in
Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN</span></span></span></div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_109 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_104" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_110 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_105" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">WASHINGTON, United States - US President Barack Obama Friday
nominated Senator John Kerry as his new secretary of state, as he began
to reshape his national security team for a second term clouded by
overseas crises.</span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_111 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_106" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_112 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_107" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_113 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_108" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_114 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_109" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerry, 69, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, defeated former
presidential candidate and foreign policy sage, will succeed Hillary
Clinton, who is stepping down after four years as the top US diplomat.</span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_115 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_110" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_116 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_111" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_117 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_112" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_118 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_113" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"John's earned the respect and confidence of leaders around the
world," Obama said at the White House as he announced Kerry's
nomination, his first second-term cabinet pick.</span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_119 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_114" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_120 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_115" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_121 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_116" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_122 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_117" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"I think it's fair to say that few individuals know as many
presidents and prime ministers or grasp our foreign policies as firmly
as John Kerry."</span></div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_123 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_118" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_124 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_119" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"He is not going to need a lot of on-the-job training."</span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_125 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_120" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_126 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_121" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_127 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_122" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_128 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_123" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerry stepped up following the withdrawal of UN ambassador Susan
Rice, the early favorite for the post, who was caught in the political
aftermath of the attack of the US mission in Benghazi, Libya in
September.</span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_129 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_124" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_130 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_125" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_131 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_126" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_132 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_127" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Obama said that Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, had played a central role in every US foreign policy debate
for 30 years and that his "entire life" had prepared him for his new
role.</span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_133 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_128" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_134 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_129" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_135 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_130" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_136 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_131" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>'Well-prepared for the job'</b></span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_137 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_132" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_138 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_133" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></span></div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_139 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_134" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_140 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_135" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Kerry saw life overseas as the son of a Cold War foreign service
officer, served as a navy officer in Vietnam, and spent years wrestling
with foreign policy issues in the Senate.</span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_141 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_136" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_142 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_137" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_143 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_138" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><div><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_144 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_139" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Obama said that Clinton had hoped to be at the announcement, but was still recovering from a serious virus and a concussion.</span></div><div class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_145 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_140" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span class="yiv1416412770yui_3_7_2_41_1356139686900_146 yui_3_7_2_42_1356139686900_141" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>