There aren’t many dry eyes in Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings these days.
First, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton teared up during her hearing about Benghazi on Wednesday. Now Sen. John Kerry has joined the misty-eyed ranks.
During his Secretary of State confirmation hearing on Thursday, Kerry choked up when talking about his father’s foreign service.
“If you confirm me, I would take office as secretary proud that the Senate is in my blood, but equally proud that so, too, is the Foreign Service,” the Massachusetts Democrat said.
He said his father’s work had given him firsthand experiences that revealed the “sacrifices and commitment” of those in the U.S. Foreign Service.
“I wish everyone in the country could see and understand first-hand the devotion, loyalty and amazingly hard, often dangerous work that our diplomats on the front lines do.”
In Wednesday’s hearing, Clinton teared up when describing her interactions with the family members of those killed in the U.S. consulate attacks in Libya on Sept. 11, 2012.
