Kerry Taps Old Friend for State Department Post

Kerry Taps Old Friend for State Department Post

Friday, 21 Feb 2014 09:02 AM

By Melanie Batley

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/john-kerry-hires-friend-state/2014/02/21/id/553966

Secretary of State John Kerry is hiring a protégé he met on the campaign trail two decades ago to lead an initiative at the State Department.

Former Virginia Rep. Tom Perriello will oversee the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, The Washington Post reports.

He will examine the performance and effectiveness of State Department efforts in diplomacy and foreign aid.

The Democrat, who most recently served as CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, worked for Kerry's 1996 Senate campaign at the age of 22, helping to get out the environmental vote.

Perriello, once labeled an "unapologetic progressive" by Time magazine, pulled off a slim victory in his 2008 congressional campaign in a GOP-leaning district in central Virginia, but lost the seat two years later.

Tom Perriello

Tom Perriello was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, president & CEO for the Center for American Progress Action Fund, and a member of the Scroll and Key.

Note: Center for American Progress Action Fund is a fund, affiliated advocacy group for the Center for American Progress.

Jennifer M. Palmieri was the president for the Center for American Progress Action Fund, the SVP for the Center for American Progress, and is a communications director, assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.

George Soros was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Strobe Talbott is the president of the Brookings Institution (think tank), was an editor for Time magazine, and the deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of State.

John F. Kerry is the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, and his brother is Cameron F. Kerry.

Teresa Heinz Kerry is married to John F. Kerry, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Cameron F. Kerry is John F. Kerry’s brother, and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Dean Acheson was the secretary for the U.S. Department of State, a member of the Scroll and Key, his granddaughter is Eleanor D. Acheson, and his son is David C. Acheson.

Eleanor D. Acheson is Dean Acheson’s granddaughter and a college roommate & friend of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is a college roommate & friend of Eleanor D. Acheson, and was the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration.

David C. Acheson is Dean Acheson’s son, and an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.