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                            KERRY SECRETARY OF STATE

   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has started work as the nation`s top
   diplomat, promising he will make a priority the safety and security of
   diplomatic personnel around the globe.
   Employees at the State Department greeted Kerry with applause when he
   arrived for work Monday. The Massasachussets Democrat was sworn in
   Friday.
   He recalled his youth in Berlin, when his father was a U.S. diplomat,
   and said he learned the virtues of freedom after getting a glimpse of
   life in Soviet-occupied East Germany.
   Kerry, who was most recently the chairman of the Senate Foreign
   Relations Committee, praised the State Department`s work of upholding
   American ideals while helping make peace around the world and lift up
   and empower people.
   Kerry succeeds Hillary Clinton, who was the top American diplomat for
   four years. Prior to Clinton, the secretary of state was Condoleezza
   Rice. Kerry joked that he has some "big heels to fill."
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