The Nation has an article calling John Kerry one of the most significant Secretaries of State in the

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6. He really was and he clearly put every ounce of energy, time and intellectual effort into

every minute of the nearly 4 years he had. I hope that he is now taking a time for himself and his family -- the better to have some space and time to think about all that he did.

Even the worst of Trump can not make the situation more dangerous on Iran than when he started talks -- and it looks like there is pressure to keep what they have. On the environment - with the rest of the world moving forward - as well as some US states, we are better off than where most of the environmental community in 2013 thought we would be at this point. Obviously it will be painful seeing the US as the outlaw country on this issue -- where Kerry led. The Paris Agreement still marks where the world seriously started its efforts.