Kerry Preparing For Confirmation Hearing

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Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) is preparing for his Senate confirmation hearing after being nominated to head the State Department in December, the Associated Press reports. A date for the hearing has not yet been set. 

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland says Kerry was at the department’s Foggy Bottom headquarters Wednesday. She says he received, quote, “a huge pile of briefing materials.” He will report to the State Department regularly starting Friday.

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