<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - John Kerry</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/elections/2004/johnkerry?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><description>John Kerry</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA['Fired Up' Kerry Returning to Senate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35224-2004Nov8.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35224-2004Nov8.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John F. Kerry plans to use his Senate seat and long lists of supporters to remain a major voice in American politics despite losing the presidential race last Tuesday, and he is assessing the feasibility of trying again in 2008, friends and aides said Monday.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['That's It': A Two-Year Quest Ends]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23785-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23785-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the end, John F. Kerry finally found the warmth and passion he was often criticized for lacking, emotionally telling those who fought so hard for him that he wished he could "wrap you up in my arms and embrace each and every one of you."]]></description><author> Lois Romano and Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['We Must Stand Together']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23583-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23583-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  <em>Following are excerpts of Sen. John F. Kerry's concession speech yesterday in Boston, as transcribed by eMedia MillWorks Inc.:</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinging to Hope as Long Journey Nears Conclusion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20444-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20444-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BOSTON, Nov. 3 -- Election Day began for Sen. John F. Kerry with so much promise, with exit polling favoring his candidacy and crowds gathering wherever he appeared. But as the night turned cold and wet and stretched into early morning, Kerry stayed in his Beacon Hill home, his chances for victory slipping away.]]></description><author> Lois Romano  and John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry Stays On Message]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17112-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17112-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The day was orchestrated for imagery and soaring sound bites, and as rainstorms tracked him across the Midwest, the candidate did his best to stick to the script.]]></description><author> Lois Romano and John Wagner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry Exploring Cabinet Options]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52688-2004Oct21.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52688-2004Oct21.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If he wins the White House, John F. Kerry will immediately confront a difficult, divisive and deeply personal decision: which close friend will he have to stiff for secretary of state?]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrat Looks to Allies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46225-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46225-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John F. Kerry's record on the use of military force shows that he favors allied support, advice from the professionals and heeding the lessons of the Vietnam War.]]></description><author> Helen Dewar and Thomas E. Ricks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bosnia, 1994-1995]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46339-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46339-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Only a few years later, Kerry backed U.S. intervention in two bloody struggles in the Balkans: first in Bosnia, then in Kosovo. "History has taught us that we can't sit idly by while people commit these incredible evil acts against humanity," the Boston Globe quoted Kerry as saying in response to Serb attacks on Bosnian civilians in Sarajevo in 1994.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 1991 Persian Gulf War]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46340-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46340-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  When Kerry rose in the Senate to oppose authorization for war against Iraq in January 1991, his words conveyed a wary, Vietnam-haunted approach to the use of military force that contrasted sharply with his vote a decade later to go to war a second time against Iraq. He was on the losing side of the vote on that war, which turned out to be far less costly in human and financial terms than Kerry and most Democrats -- 45 of the party's 54 senators opposed it -- predicted.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq Occupation, 2005]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46341-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46341-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  When  Kerry talks about the U.S. situation in Iraq now, his  major difference with Bush is that he maintains he would do better at winning the support and participation of the international community. Kerry  doesn't  talk much about using force differently, as much as about having different people use that force.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq War, 2002-2003]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46342-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46342-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  With few of the misgivings he cited before voting against the Persian Gulf War in 1991, Kerry voted in October 2002 to authorize use of force against Iraq,  agreeing in effect with President  Bush that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction that posed an "unacceptable threat" to the world.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kosovo Air Campaign, 1999]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46343-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46343-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  In supporting the U.S.-led intervention in Kosovo four years later, Kerry tried to distinguish the action from the Vietnam War. He went out of his way to praise the senators who voted against the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which  gave President Lyndon B. Johnson a blank check to escalate the Vietnam War, even as he explained why the situation before him differed from the one 35 years earlier.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith Increasingly Part of Kerry's Campaign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40595-2004Oct17.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40595-2004Oct17.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John Kerry is evolving from a reserved Catholic reluctant to discuss faith in the public square into a Democratic preacher of sorts who speaks freely and sometimes forcefully about religion on the hustings.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multiple Advisers Bog Down Kerry Campaign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28106-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28106-2004Oct12.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As a manager and in the Senate, John Kerry has sought information and advice to become more focused and persuasive. But that approach has bogged down his campaign in indecision or led to jarring changes in direction.]]></description><author> Dale Russakoff   and Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Kerry, Stumping as Fast as He Can]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22830-2004Oct10.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22830-2004Oct10.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This is one of those impeccably advanced rallies of a late presidential campaign, a spectacle to convey a sense of Almighty Momentum. John Kerry stands amid foliage on an athletic field here Saturday, fresh from another solidly reviewed debate performance. His stage is iconically adorned with hay bales, apples, pumpkins and John Glenn. His crowd -- 20,000 or so -- is cheering, chanting his name, waving signs and all that.]]></description><author> Mark Leibovich</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edwards's Role Is Increasingly Prominent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21905-2004Oct10.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21905-2004Oct10.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Edwards has been called on to take a more prominent role in disputing Republican accusations and solidifying the women's vote.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry Seeks Support in Black Churches]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22205-2004Oct10.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22205-2004Oct10.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John F. Kerry used a Baptist pulpit Sunday to speak of eternal life and then denounce President Bush and his policies, as Jesse L. Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton joined him for a home-stretch push to energize African American voters.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Kerry, Thinking Globally Began at a Young Age]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16130-2004Oct7.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16130-2004Oct7.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[From the beginning, John F. Kerry has formed his presidential campaign around his service in the Vietnam War. But it is another war, World War II, that shaped his belief that the United States is more effective on the global stage when it works closely with other countries.]]></description><author> Laura Blumenfeld   and Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry Urges Bush to Admit Mistakes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8554-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8554-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Democratic presidential candidate, seizing on criticism of the Bush administration's Iraq policy by the former U.S. governor in Baghdad, called on President Bush to give Americans a full accounting of what has gone wrong in Iraq.]]></description><author> Dan Balz and Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kerry Calls Stem Cell Policy Unscientific and Political]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6966-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6966-2004Oct4.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004/johnkerry</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:21:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[John F. Kerry charged Monday that President Bush has "turned his back on science" in limiting embryonic stem cell research financed by the federal government.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank  and Howard Kurtz</author></item></channel></rss>