Sen. Kerry to Join Sen. Biden on Southwest Asia Trip

Senator John Kerry is pictured at left speaking at the dedication of Medford’s veterans’ memorials in October of 2007. Photo by Alexander Svirsky.

Bipartisan Group of Senators on Fact-finding Mission

US Senator John Kerry (D-MA) will join outgoing Foreign Relations Committee Chairman and Vice President-Elect Sen. Joe Biden later this week on a fact-finding trip to Southwest Asia.

The bipartisan trip also includes Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

Sen. Kerry, the incoming Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, recently traveled to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Georgia and India, in December and met with Presidents Asif Ali Zardari, Hamid Karzai, Mikheil Saakashvili, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, among other top officials.

In the 110th Congress, Kerry served as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs.

– InsideMedford.com