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Eugene

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Sat Jan 13, 2024, 03:10 PM Jan 2024

John Kerry to leave White House to assist Biden re-election campaign [View all]

Source: The Guardian

John Kerry to leave White House to assist Biden re-election campaign

Kerry’s office announced the news on Saturday after he had informed his staff and spoken with Biden earlier in the week

Guardian staff and agencies
Sat 13 Jan 2024 19.18 GMT
Last modified on Sat 13 Jan 2024 19.22 GMT

John Kerry, the United States’ special climate envoy and former secretary of state and presidential contender, plans to leave the Biden administration later this winter and switch to helping Joe Biden campaign to be re-elected to the White House, Kerry’s office said.

Kerry informed his staff earlier on Saturday after speaking with Biden this week, a spokesperson for Kerry told Reuters.

Politics news outlet Axios first reported the news about Kerry, 80, on Saturday.

Kerry was instrumental is helping to broker the 2015 Paris climate agreement, as well as the UAE consensus that calls for the transition away from fossil fuels reached in December at Cop28 in Dubai.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/13/john-kerry-biden-administration-re-election-campaign

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