Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry will deliver a speech on national security on the closing night of the Democratic National Convention next week, the Boston Globe reports.
The three-day gathering in Charlotte, N.C., will have a heavy national security focus, underscoring the administration’s intention to highlight its work to end combat operations in Iraq, draw down US forces in Afghanistan, and approve a military raid that killed terrorist Osama bin Laden and contrast these accomplishments with the rhetoric of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Kerry is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has served as an unofficial administration envoy to troublespots in the Middle East, Horn of Africa, and Afghanistan.
The Massachusetts Democrat also is a potential secretary of state if Obama wins reelection.
