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'''John Forbes Kerry''' is the junior Senator from [[Massachusetts]], serving from 1985. Prior to his Senatorial career, he was a [[prosecutor]] and was the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1982 to 1984. He serves alongside longtime senator [[Edward Kennedy]].  
'''John Forbes Kerry''' is the junior Senator from [[Massachusetts (U.S. state)|Massachusetts]], serving from 1985. Prior to his Senatorial career, he was a [[prosecutor]] and was the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1982 to 1984. He serves alongside longtime senator [[Edward Kennedy]].  


In the Senate, he was memorable for his investigation of the [[Iran-Contra]] scandal, in which President [[Ronald Reagan]] reportedly sold weapons to [[Iran]] in order to secretly bankroll the rebelling [[Contra]] forces in [[Nicaragua]]. Together with Senator [[Jesse Helms]], his ideological foe, he investigated the alleged drug-smuggling activities of the Nicaraguan Contras.
In the Senate, he was memorable for his investigation of the [[Iran-Contra]] scandal, in which President [[Ronald Reagan]] reportedly sold weapons to Iran in order to secretly bankroll the rebelling [[Contra]] forces in [[Nicaragua]]. Together with Senator [[Jesse Helms]], his ideological foe, he investigated the alleged drug-smuggling activities of the Nicaraguan Contras.


In 2004, he was nominated by the [[Democratic Party]] to be the candidate for [[U.S. Presidents|presidency]], but was defeated by incumbent president [[George W. Bush]].  
In 2004, he was nominated by the [[Democratic Party]] to be the candidate for [[President of the United States of America]], but was defeated by incumbent president [[George W. Bush]].  


==Sources==
==Sources==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000148 Congressional Biographical Directory]
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000148 Congressional Biographical Directory]
*[http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/062003.shtml Boston Globe Online (about the Iran-Contra scandal)]
*[http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/062003.shtml Boston Globe Online (about the Iran-Contra scandal)]

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John Forbes Kerry is the junior Senator from Massachusetts, serving from 1985. Prior to his Senatorial career, he was a prosecutor and was the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1982 to 1984. He serves alongside longtime senator Edward Kennedy.

In the Senate, he was memorable for his investigation of the Iran-Contra scandal, in which President Ronald Reagan reportedly sold weapons to Iran in order to secretly bankroll the rebelling Contra forces in Nicaragua. Together with Senator Jesse Helms, his ideological foe, he investigated the alleged drug-smuggling activities of the Nicaraguan Contras.

In 2004, he was nominated by the Democratic Party to be the candidate for President of the United States of America, but was defeated by incumbent president George W. Bush.

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