John Kerry, the veteran American politician and 2004 presidential candidate, has been sworn in as the U.S. Secretary of State, replacing Hillary Clinton.
Replacing Hillary Clinton as the top American diplomat, Mr. Kerry has an illustrious career spanning over three decades of public life.
For the last four years he was Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A close confidant of President Barack Obama, Mr. Kerry, 69, in the last four years several times came to the rescue of Obama Administration whenever U.S. relationship with Pakistan reached low ebb.
He has a personal relationship with top Pakistani leadership.
A Vietnam War veteran, Mr. Kerry played a key role in shaping the country’s foreign policy and national security and on a range of issues including Afghanistan and Pakistan, nuclear non-proliferation, and global climate change.
As Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, in 2010, Mr. Kerry was instrumental in renewing the New START Treaty, a vital nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia that helps steer both countries away from dangerous nuclear confrontations.
Mr. Kerry said he would be travelling, but would not try to break the record of his predecessor Hillary Clinton who travelled to a record 112 countries.
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