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John Kerry is in Ireland to receive the Tipperary International Peace prize [View all]
Last edited Sun Oct 30, 2016, 02:27 PM - Edit history (1)
He also is getting two other prestigious awards in the UK - The Chatham House Prize for diplomatic work in 2015 (along with FM Zarif for the Iran Nuclear deal) and the Benjamin Franklin House medal for leadership that "recognizes those individuals who follow in Benjamin Franklin’s footsteps by exemplifying great vision, cross-cultural understanding, effectiveness, and intellectual rigor".
http://www.state.gov/secretary/travel/2016/t31/index.htm
Some Irish coverage - and gorgeous pictures of Ireland. http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/live-updates-john-kerry-visits-9156632
Even on this, US press leads with questions on email -
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