Secretary of State John Kerry Visits Nigeria
Press Statement - Secretary Kerry Travel
to Lagos

Secretary Kerry travelled to Lagos, Nigeria today to emphasize the importance
of ensuring the upcoming elections are
peaceful, non-violent, and credible. The
Secretary met with candidates President
Goodluck Jonathan and Major General
(Retired) Muhammadu Buhari.

Biography - John Kerry
Secretary of State
On February 1, 2013,
John Forbes Kerry was
sworn in as the 68th
Secretary of State of the
United States, becoming
the first sitting Senate
Foreign Relations
Committee Chairman to
become Secretary in over a century.
Secretary Kerry joined the State Department
after 28 years in the United States Senate,
the last four as Chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
Secretary Kerry was born on December 11,
1943, at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Aurora,
Colorado, one of four children of the late
Rosemary Forbes Kerry and Richard Kerry, a
Foreign Service Officer.

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