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106-632: Miniter was born in New York City and grew up in Rosendale, New York . Among his siblings are several writers and journalists, including Frank Miniter, executive editor of American Hunter magazine, and Brendan Miniter , formerly of The Wall Street Journal , who is the editor of the book The 4% Solution: Unleashing the Economic Growth America Needs . He studied philosophy at Vassar College , graduating in 1990. He

212-595: A New York Times bestseller, peaking at number ten in September 2003. Losing bin Laden was cited on NBC's Meet the Press by host Tim Russert in an interview with Madeleine Albright . Steve Forbes praised the book, stating that Miniter "tapped an extraordinary array of sources to piece this sorry tale together." Miniter appeared on CNN in 2006 and disputed portions of ABC's miniseries The Path to 9/11 , which included

318-494: A spider hole and ran. While the boat's gunner opened fire, wounding the VC in the leg, and while the other boats approached and offered cover fire, Kerry jumped from the boat to pursue the VC insurgent, subsequently killing him and capturing his loaded rocket launcher. Kerry's commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander George Elliott, stated to Douglas Brinkley in 2003 that he did not know whether to court-martial Kerry for beaching

424-693: A " propaganda initiative" designed to influence a House vote on a $ 14   million Contra aid package , but Kerry said "I am willing   ... to take the risk in the effort to put to test the good faith of the Sandinistas." The House voted down the Contra aid, but Ortega flew to Moscow to accept a $ 200   million loan the next day, which in part prompted the House to pass a larger $ 27   million aid package six weeks later. Meanwhile, Kerry's staff began their own investigations and, on October 14, issued

530-584: A Democratic candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district , losing to republican Paul W. Cronin in the general election. He subsequently worked as a radio talk show host and as the executive director of an advocacy organization while attending law school. After a period in private legal practice, he was elected the 66th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts in 1982. In 1984, Kerry

636-542: A Jesuit priest and anti-war activist, who went on to defeat Philbin. In February 1972, Kerry's wife bought a house in Worcester , with Kerry intending to run against the 4th district's aging thirteen-term incumbent Democrat, Harold Donohue . The couple never moved in. After Republican Congressman F. Bradford Morse of the neighboring 5th district announced his retirement and then resignation to become Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at

742-537: A bequest of $ 500 to Kingston hospital. A mission was established in Whiteport. In 1897, Rev. P. Maughan, a Civil War veteran, became pastor and built the parish hall. The Rosendale region is most well known for the production of natural cement . The Rosendale natural cement industry began during the construction of the Delaware and Hudson Canal in 1825. The Delaware and Hudson Canal was later finished in 1828 using

848-457: A book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing." However, his second choice of billet was on a river patrol boat, or " PBR ", which at the time was serving a more dangerous duty on the rivers of Vietnam. During the night of December 2 and early morning of December 3, 1968, Kerry

954-472: A book questioning Kerry's service record and his military awards. The group included several members of Kerry's unit, such as Larry Thurlow, who commanded a swift boat alongside of Kerry's, and Stephen Gardner, who served on Kerry's boat. The campaign inspired the widely used political pejorative '" swiftboating ," to describe an unfair or untrue political attack. Most of Kerry's former crewmates have stated that SBVT's allegations are false. After returning to

1060-558: A combat operation. Their mission on the Duong Keo River included bringing an underwater demolition team and dozens of South Vietnamese Marines to destroy enemy sampans , structures and bunkers as described in the story The Death Of PCF 43 . Running into heavy small arms fire from the river banks, Kerry "directed the units to turn to the beach and charge the Viet Cong positions" and he "expertly directed" his boat's fire causing

1166-566: A commentator for WCVB-TV and co-founded a bakery, Kilvert & Forbes Ltd., with businessman and former Kennedy aide K. Dun Gifford. In the 1982 Massachusetts gubernatorial election , Lieutenant Governor Thomas P. O'Neill III declined to seek a third term, instead deciding to run for governor of Massachusetts . Kerry declared his candidacy, entering the primary election alongside Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs Evelyn Murphy , State Senator Samuel Rotondi , State Representative Lou Nickinello , and Lois Pines . Kerry won

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1272-727: A critical reply to the book from Roger Cressey , a former member of the United States National Security Council staff during the Clinton administration, and Gayle Smith, who participated in the NSC as a Special Assistant to the President. Cressey and Smith characterized four specific allegations in the book as "erroneous," and questioned the veracity of Miniter's sources. Miniter's rejoinder was published with Cressey and Smith's criticism. Miniter's next book

1378-463: A cumulative average of 76 over his four years. His freshman-year average was a 71, but he improved to an 81 average for his senior year. He never received an "A" during his time at Yale; his highest grade was an 89. On February 18, 1966, Kerry enlisted in the Naval Reserve. He began his active duty military service on August 19, 1966. After completing 16 weeks of Officer Candidate School at

1484-512: A film by that name that documents the investigation. According to Nixon Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird , "I didn't approve of what he did, but I understood the protesters quite well", and he declined two requests from the Navy to court martial Reserve Lieutenant Kerry over his antiwar activity. On April 22, 1971, Kerry appeared before a U.S. Senate committee hearing on proposals relating to ending

1590-410: A full-time prosecutor and moved to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts . In January 1977, Droney promoted him to First Assistant District Attorney, essentially making Kerry his campaign and media surrogate because Droney was afflicted with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig 's Disease). As First Assistant, Kerry tried cases, which included winning convictions in a high-profile rape case and

1696-540: A historical summary dated March 17, 1969. On March 13, 1969, on the Bái Háp River, Kerry was in charge of one of five Swift boats that were returning to their base after performing an Operation Sealords mission to transport South Vietnamese troops from the garrison at Cái Nước and MIKE Force advisors for a raid on a Vietcong camp located on the Rach Dong Cung canal. Earlier in the day, Kerry received

1802-623: A murder. He also played a role in administering the office, including initiating the creation of special white-collar and organized crime units, creating programs to address the problems of rape and other crime victims and witnesses, and managing trial calendars to reflect case priorities. It was in this role in 1978 that Kerry announced an investigation into possible criminal charges against then Senator Edward Brooke , regarding "misstatements" in his first divorce trial. The inquiry ended with no charges being brought after investigators and prosecutors determined that Brooke's misstatements were pertinent to

1908-558: A national health insurance system, discounted prescription drugs for the unemployed, a jobs program to clean up the Merrimack River and rent controls in Lowell and Lawrence . A major obstacle, however, was the district's leading newspaper, the conservative The Sun . The paper editorialized against him. It also ran critical news stories about his out-of-state contributions and his " carpetbagging ", because he had only moved into

2014-450: A nationwide landslide for the re-election of Republican President Ronald Reagan , for whom Massachusetts voted by a narrow margin. In his victory speech, Kerry asserted that his win meant that the people of Massachusetts "emphatically reject the politics of selfishness and the notion that women must be treated as second-class citizens". Tsongas resigned on January 2, 1985, one day before the end of his term. Dukakis appointed Kerry to fill

2120-625: A poll had put Kerry 10 points ahead of Cronin, with Durkin at 13%. In the final days of the campaign, Kerry sensed that it was "slipping away" and Cronin emerged victorious by 110,970 votes (53.45%) to Kerry's 92,847 (44.72%). After his defeat, Kerry lamented in a letter to supporters that "for two solid weeks, [ The Sun ] called me un-American, New Left antiwar agitator, unpatriotic, and labeled me every other 'un-' and 'anti-' that they could find. It's hard to believe that one newspaper could be so powerful, but they were." He later felt that his failure to respond directly to The Sun ' s attacks cost him

2226-567: A position with the Centre for the New Europe in Brussels, Belgium. He left there after a short stint as a senior fellow. Miniter was the editorial page editor and Vice President of Opinion at The Washington Times from March until October 2009. Miniter later sued for breach of contract and other claims. In September 2010, the case of Miniter v. Moon et al. and the related EEOC complaint

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2332-765: A radio series profiling female executives and entrepreneurs, Enterprising Women , that was distributed to more than a hundred radio stations in the United States. He was also a fellow and senior editor of the Hudson Institute . Miniter published in a number of newspapers, including The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , The Washington Post , The Sunday Times (London) , South China Morning Post , and Australian Financial Review . He travelled to South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya to write about modern-day slavery for The Atlantic Monthly in "The False Promise of Slave Redemption". Miniter worked for

2438-540: A report that exposed illegal activities on the part of Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North , who had set up a private network involving the National Security Council and the CIA to deliver military equipment to right-wing Nicaraguan rebels (Contras). In effect, North and certain members of the President's administration were accused by Kerry's report of illegally funding and supplying armed militants without

2544-754: A result, banking regulators shut down BCCI in 1991. In December 1992, Kerry and Senator Hank Brown , a Republican from Colorado, released The BCCI Affair , a report on the BCCI scandal. The report showed that the bank was crooked and was working with terrorists , including Abu Nidal . It blasted the Department of Justice , the Department of the Treasury , the Customs Service , the Federal Reserve Bank , as well as influential lobbyists and

2650-544: A scene depicting Clinton National Security Advisor Sandy Berger as failing to kill bin Laden when presented with the opportunity to do so. Miniter stated on the Situation Room program that "if people wanted to be critical of the Clinton years there's things they could have said, but the idea that someone had bin Laden in his sights in 1998 or any other time and Sandy Berger refused to pull the trigger, there's zero factual basis for that." The Washington Times printed

2756-407: A slight shrapnel wound in the buttocks from blowing up a rice bunker. Debarking some but not all of the passengers at a small village, the boats approached a fishing weir ; one group of boats went around to the left of the weir, hugging the shore, and a group with Kerry's PCF-94 boat went around to the right, along the shoreline. A mine was detonated directly beneath the lead boat, PCF-3, as it crossed

2862-636: A talk radio host on WBZ and, in July 1974, was named executive director of Mass Action, a Massachusetts advocacy association. Kerry received his juris doctor ( J.D. ) from Boston College in 1976. While in law school he had been a student prosecutor in the office of the District Attorney of Middlesex County , John J. Droney . After passing the bar exam and being admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1976, he went to work in that office as

2968-657: A village Rosendale , primarily centered around Main Street, but which was dissolved through vote in 1977. The population was 5,782 at the 2020 census. At the time of the European settlement, the region was inhabited by the Lenapes , who were a member of the Algonquian peoples . The area which was eventually known as Rosendale is generally attributed to having been founded by Jacob Rutsen in 1680 from 600 acres purchased from

3074-477: A wealthy grand-aunt paid for him to attend elite boarding schools such as Institut Montana Zugerberg in Switzerland. Through his maternal ancestry, Kerry also descends from Rev. James McGregor who was among the first 500 Scots-Irish immigrants to Boston Harbor in the 18th century. At the age of ten, Kerry's father took a position as the U.S. Attorney for Berlin. When Kerry was twelve, he crossed into

3180-438: Is a deputy supervisor, a town clerk, two town justices, a deputy Town clerk, a Highway Superintendent and a Tax Collector. 41°50′38″N 74°04′56″W  /  41.84389°N 74.08222°W  / 41.84389; -74.08222 John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in

3286-650: Is again being produced. Freedom Cement LLC, in North Brookfield, Massachusetts , is producing natural cement for use in historic restoration projects. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 20.8 square miles (54 km ), of which 19.9 square miles (52 km ) is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km ) (3.90%) is water. Rosendale is bisected or bordered by natural and man-made formations. The New York State Thruway ( Interstate 87 ) passes through

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3392-539: Is shot, the Secret Service has orders to shoot Dan Quayle ." He apologized the following day. During their investigation of General Manuel Noriega , the de facto ruler of Panama , Kerry's staff found reason to believe that the Pakistan -based Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) had facilitated Noriega's drug trafficking and money laundering . This led to a separate inquiry into BCCI, and as

3498-523: Is wrong-headed and distracts from profit-seeking. According to a review by The Washington Post , the book "although at times repetitious ... makes it clear why there is zero correlation between profitability and market share." In 2003, Miniter's Losing bin Laden , was published. The book is the result of eighteen months of reporting from Khartoum , Cairo , Frankfurt , Hamburg , London , Paris , and Washington, D.C. It offers an account of United States policy relating to Al Qaeda and bin Laden during

3604-473: The Clinton administration. According to George Will , Miniter suggests that the appointment of [Richard] Clarke on May 22, 1998, as the government's first coordinator of the counterterrorism efforts that were dispersed to 40 agencies, "could have been the beginning of the end of al Qaeda. But the lack of presidential leadership, government inertia and bureaucratic squabbling often got in the way." It became

3710-598: The Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. at age seven, when his father took a position in the Department of the Navy 's Office of General Counsel and soon became a diplomat in the State Department 's Bureau of United Nations Affairs. As members of the Forbes and Dudley–Winthrop families, his maternal extended family enjoyed great wealth. Kerry's parents themselves were upper-middle class , and

3816-835: The John Winant Society at St. Paul's to debate the issues of the day; the Society still exists there. In 1960, while at St. Paul's, he played bass in a minor rock band called The Electras with six of his classmates. The band had about five hundred copies of one album printed in 1961, which they sold some of at dances at the school; it was made available on streaming platforms many years later. In 1962, Kerry attended Yale University , majoring in political science and residing in Jonathan Edwards College . By that year, his parents returned to Groton. While at Yale, Kerry briefly dated Janet Auchincloss ,

3922-593: The Massachusetts Governor's Council . Dukakis also delegated other tasks to Kerry, including serving as the state's liaison to the Federal government of the United States. He was also active on environmental issues, including combating acid rain . The junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts, Paul Tsongas , announced in 1984 that he would be stepping down for health reasons. Kerry ran, and as in his 1982 race for Lieutenant Governor, he did not receive

4028-615: The Paris Agreement on climate change on behalf of the United States. In January 2021, Kerry returned to government, becoming the first person to hold the position of U.S. special presidential envoy for climate , under President Joe Biden . On March 6, Kerry left this position to work on Biden's 2024 presidential campaign . Kerry was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Biden in May 2024. John Forbes Kerry

4134-918: The Soviet Occupation Zone to visit Hitler's bunker and ride through the Brandenburg Gate . If Kerry had been captured, it would have caused an international incident. In 1957, his father was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo , Norway, and Kerry was sent back to the United States to attend boarding school. He first attended the Fessenden School in Newton, Massachusetts , and later St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire , where he learned skills in public speaking and began developing an interest in politics . Kerry founded

4240-682: The USSR and were accused of human rights abuses. The Sandinista government was opposed by the right-wing CIA -backed rebels known as the Contras . While in Nicaragua, Kerry and Harkin talked to people on both sides of the conflict. Through the senators, Ortega offered a cease-fire agreement in exchange for the U.S. dropping support of the Contras. The offer was denounced by the Reagan administration as

4346-644: The United Nations , the couple instead rented an apartment in Lowell , so that Kerry could run to succeed him. Including Kerry, the Democratic primary race had 10 candidates, including attorney Paul J. Sheehy , State Representative Anthony R. DiFruscia, John J. Desmond and Robert B. Kennedy . Kerry ran a "very expensive, sophisticated campaign", financed by out-of-state backers and supported by many young volunteers. DiFruscia's campaign headquarters shared

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4452-650: The United States Army , and possible service in the Vietnam War ), John Kerry's contrasting status as a decorated Vietnam War veteran posed a problem for Bush's re-election campaign, which Republicans sought to counter by calling Kerry's war record into question. As the presidential campaign of 2004 developed, approximately 250 members of a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT, later renamed Swift Vets and POWs for Truth) opposed Kerry's campaign. The group held press conferences, ran ads and endorsed

4558-754: The United States Naval Reserve , ultimately attaining the rank of lieutenant . During the Vietnam War , Kerry served a brief tour in South Vietnam . While commanding a Swift boat , he sustained three wounds in combat with the Viet Cong , for which he earned three Purple Heart medals. Kerry was also awarded the Silver Star Medal and the Bronze Star Medal for conduct in separate military engagements. After completing his active military service, Kerry returned to

4664-694: The administration of Barack Obama . A member of the Forbes family and of the Democratic Party , he previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1985 to 2013 and later served as the first U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate from 2021 to 2024. Kerry was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2004 election , losing to then-incumbent president George W. Bush . Kerry grew up in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. In 1966, after graduating from Yale University , he enlisted in

4770-468: The guided missile frigate USS  Gridley , Kerry requested duty in South Vietnam, listing as his first preference a position as the commander of a Fast Patrol Craft (PCF), also known as a "Swift boat". These 50-foot (15 m) boats have aluminum hulls and have little or no armor, but are heavily armed and rely on speed. "I didn't really want to get involved in the war," Kerry said in

4876-743: The Brotherhood of the U.S. Navy SEALs in February, 2014. This latest book, co-authored with Scott McEwen, chronicles the history and long standing traditions of the Navy SEALs and provides details on some of the key battles these brave men fought such as Red Wings and the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi. Rosendale, New York Rosendale is a town in the center of Ulster County, New York , United States. It once contained

4982-471: The Congress for humanitarian assistance to the Contras, in some cases after the traffickers had been indicted by federal law enforcement agencies on drug charges, in others while traffickers were under active investigation by these same agencies." The U.S. State Department paid over $ 806,000 to known drug traffickers to carry humanitarian assistance to the Contras. Kerry's findings provoked little reaction in

5088-567: The Dow Jones Newswires during the summers of 1987 and 1988. Hired by The Wall Street Journal editor Robert Bartley in 2000, Miniter was sent to Brussels as an editorial page writer at The Wall Street Journal Europe and editor of its weekly "Business Europe" column. He also wrote a weekly column, "The Visible Hand", for The Wall Street Journal' s OpinionJournal.com. Miniter left the Journal after less than two years to take

5194-599: The Lenapes straddling the Rondout Creek . Initially, the land was leased but Rutsen expanded his holdings and built a homestead, in which he resided from 1700 until his death in 1730. The Town of Rosendale was formed in 1844 from parts of the Towns of Hurley , Marbletown , and New Paltz . Hamilton Child of Syracuse, New York published a "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Ulster County, N. Y." in 1872 that described

5300-770: The Rosendale region. A mine on the property of the Snyder Estate, which is maintained as part of a museum preserving the history of the Rosendale natural cement industry by the Century House Historical Society, is open to the public. Other mines have been put to a number of uses, including mushroom farming and movie locations. The records storage management company Iron Mountain currently maintains at least one mine for storing anything from microfiche to data backup tapes. In 2004 limited cement mining resumed in Rosendale, and Rosendale natural cement

5406-487: The Seder, which was also attended by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry . Richard Miniter started Zenger News, a digital news wire, in 2019. The company, which has now grown to 5,000 correspondents in 120 countries, distributes content to over 400 news outlets across the U.S. Miniter's first book, The Myth of Market Share , was published in 2002 by Crown Publishing, an imprint of Random House . The book asserts that business strategy that focuses on increasing market share

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5512-406: The Ten Eyck prize as the best orator in the junior class for a speech that was critical of U.S. foreign policy . In the speech he said, "It is the spectre of Western imperialism that causes more fear among Africans and Asians than communism and thus, it is self-defeating." Kerry graduated from Yale with a bachelor of arts degree in 1966. Overall, he had below-average grades , graduating with

5618-444: The U.S. Naval Training Center in Newport, Rhode Island , Kerry received his officer's commission on December 16, 1966. During the 2004 election, Kerry posted his military records at his website, and permitted reporters to inspect his medical records. In 2005, Kerry released his military and medical records to the representatives of three news organizations, but has not authorized full public access to those records. During his tour on

5724-452: The United States and became an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War . He gained national recognition as an anti-war activist, serving as a spokesperson for the Vietnam Veterans Against the War organization. Kerry testified in the Fulbright Hearings before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations , where he described the United States government's policy in Vietnam as the cause of war crimes . In 1972, Kerry entered electoral politics as

5830-436: The United States, Kerry moved to Waltham, Massachusetts and joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). Then numbering about 20,000, VVAW was considered by some (including the administration of President Richard Nixon ) to be an effective, if controversial, component of the antiwar movement. Kerry participated in the " Winter Soldier Investigation " conducted by VVAW of U.S. atrocities in Vietnam, and he appears in

5936-447: The authorization of Congress. Kerry's staff investigation, based on a year-long inquiry and interviews with fifty unnamed sources, is said to raise "serious questions about whether the United States has abided by the law in its handling of the contras over the past three years". The Kerry Committee report found that "the Contra drug links included   ... payments to drug traffickers by the U.S. State Department of funds authorized by

6042-404: The average family size was 3.02. In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males. The median income for a household in the town

6148-436: The boat without orders or give him a medal for saving the crew. Elliott recommended Kerry for the Silver Star, and Zumwalt flew into An Thoi to personally award medals to Kerry and the rest of the sailors involved in the mission. The Navy's account of Kerry's actions is presented in the original medal citation signed by Zumwalt. The engagement was documented in an after-action report, a press release written on March 1, 1969, and

6254-451: The case, but were not material enough to have affected the outcome. Droney's health was poor and Kerry had decided to run for his position in the 1978 election should Droney drop out. However, Droney was re-elected and his health improved; he went on to re-assume many of the duties that he had delegated to Kerry. Kerry thus decided to leave, departing in 1979 with assistant DA Roanne Sragow to set up their own law firm. Kerry also worked as

6360-420: The damaged tissue and close the wound with sutures rather than make a wide opening to remove the shrapnel. Although wounded like several others earlier that day, Kerry did not lose any time off from duty. Eight days later, on February 28, 1969, came the events for which Kerry was awarded his Silver Star Medal . On this occasion, Kerry was in tactical command of his Swift boat and two other Swift boats during

6466-405: The day, such as the civil rights movement and the New Frontier program. He also became a member of Skull and Bones Society , and traveled to Switzerland through AIESEC Yale. Under the guidance of the speaking coach and history professor Rollin G. Osterweis , Kerry won many debates against other college students from across the nation. In March 1965, as the Vietnam War escalated, he won

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6572-498: The district in April. Subsequently, released "Watergate" Oval Office tape recordings of the Nixon White House showed that defeating Kerry's candidacy had attracted the personal attention of President Nixon. Kerry himself asserts that Nixon sent operatives to Lowell to help derail his campaign. The race was the most expensive for Congress in the country that year and four days before the general election, Durkin withdrew and endorsed Cronin, hoping to see Kerry defeated. The week before,

6678-470: The endorsement of the party regulars at the state Democratic convention. Congressman James Shannon , a favorite of House Speaker Tip O'Neill , was the early favorite to win the nomination, and he "won broad establishment support and led in early polling". Again as in 1982, however, Kerry prevailed in a close primary. In his general election campaign, Kerry promised to mix liberalism with tight budget controls. He defeated Republican Ray Shamie despite

6784-414: The enemy to flee while at the same time coordinating the insertion of the ninety South Vietnamese troops (according to the original medal citation signed by Admiral Elmo Zumwalt ). Moving a short distance upstream, Kerry's boat was the target of a B-40 rocket round; Kerry charged the enemy positions and as his boat hove to and beached , a Viet Cong ("VC") insurgent armed with a rocket launcher emerged from

6890-442: The ever-increasing Catholic population, attracted by the opportunity of employment in the cement quarries, plus the Delaware & Hudson Canal, a new, larger church building, designed by Arthur Crooks, was built. The first Mass in the new church was celebrated on Christmas Day 1876. In 1881 pastor John J. Gleason built a parish school and convent. The school was staffed by the Sister of Charity. Upon Gleason's death in 1894, he left

6996-544: The government. For more than two hours, almost 1,000 angry veterans tossed their medals, ribbons, hats, jackets, and military papers over the fence. Each veteran gave his or her name, hometown, branch of service and a statement. Kerry threw some of his own decorations and awards as well as some given to him by other veterans to throw. As Kerry threw his decorations over the fence, his statement was: "I'm not doing this for any violent reasons, but for peace and justice, and to try and make this country wake up once and for all." Kerry

7102-501: The hours and days after the operation, hence standing behind his account detailed in his latest book. Publishers Weekly debuted Miniter's work as #13 on Week's Best Sellers in late August and discussed how Miniter's book received major press from publication through the election, appearance on Sean Hannity's television show and The Drudge Report, in addition to national television appearances, national radio shows, and so on. Center Street , published Eyes on Target: Inside Stories from

7208-456: The impoverished Congo. Miniter wrote a regular national security column for Forbes.com . and wrote about the growing al Qaeda presence in Africa—the same presence that has been implicated in the recent attacks in Benghazi, Libya. In 2012, Richard Miniter founded the American Media Institute , a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization that provides investigative news stories to leading newspapers, magazines, radio and television news outlets around

7314-405: The killing of Meir Kahane , the kidnapping and killing of Daniel Pearl , and the September 11, 2001 attacks . St. Martin's Press , published Leading From Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him in August, 2012, just as the 2012 presidential campaign entered its national phase. The book almost immediately became Miniter's third New York Times best seller. Miniter

7420-482: The media and official Washington. The Kerry report was a precursor to the Iran–Contra affair . On May 4, 1989, North was convicted of charges relating to the Iran/Contra controversy, including three felonies. On September 16, 1991, however, North's convictions were overturned on appeal. On November 15, 1988, at a businessmen's breakfast in East Lynn , Massachusetts, Kerry made a joke about then- President-elect George H. W. Bush and his running mate, saying "if Bush

7526-433: The night at the Lexington Public Works Garage. Kerry and the other protesters later paid a $ 5 fine, and were released. The mass arrests caused a community backlash and ended up giving positive coverage to the VVAW. In 1970, Kerry had considered running for Congress in the Democratic primary against hawkish Democrat Philip J. Philbin of Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district , but deferred in favor of Robert Drinan ,

7632-574: The nomination with 325,890 votes (29%) to Murphy's 286,378 (25.48%), Rotondi's 228,086 (20.29%), Nickinello's 150,829 (13.42%) and Pines' 132,734 (11.81%). In the concurrent gubernatorial primary, former Governor Michael Dukakis defeated O'Neill and incumbent Governor Edward J. King . The Dukakis and Kerry ticket defeated the Republican ticket of John W. Sears and Leon Lombardi in the general election by 1,219,109 votes (61.92%) to 749,679 (38.08%). As Lieutenant Governor, Kerry led meetings of

7738-410: The other five candidates, with 1970 nominee Richard Williams coming last with just 1,706 votes (2.26%). In the general election, Kerry was initially favored to defeat the Republican candidate, former State Representative Paul W. Cronin , and conservative Democrat Roger P. Durkin, who ran as an Independent. A week after the primary, one poll put Kerry 26-points ahead of Cronin. His campaign called for

7844-408: The population. There were 2,587 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and

7950-569: The race. After Kerry's 1972 defeat, he and his wife bought a house in the Belvidere section of Lowell, Massachusetts , entering a decade which his brother Cameron later called "the years in exile". He spent some time working as a fundraiser for the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), an international humanitarian organization. In September 1973, he entered Boston College Law School . While studying, Kerry worked as

8056-428: The same building as Kerry's. On the eve of the September 19 primary, police found Kerry's younger brother Cameron and campaign field director Thomas J. Vallely, breaking into where the building's telephone lines were located. They were arrested and charged with " breaking and entering with the intent to commit grand larceny ", but the charges were dropped a year later. At the time of the incident, DiFruscia alleged that

8162-510: The sampans and destroyed them, then rapidly left. During this encounter, Kerry received a shrapnel wound in the left arm above the elbow. It was for this injury that Kerry received his first Purple Heart Medal . Kerry received his second Purple Heart for a wound received in action on the Bồ Đề River on February 20, 1969. The plan had been for the Swift boats to be accompanied by support helicopters. On

8268-405: The scene and Kerry rescued Rassmann who was receiving sniper fire from the water. Kerry received the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for "heroic achievement", for his actions during this incident; he also received his third Purple Heart. After Kerry's third qualifying wound, he was entitled per Navy regulations to reassignment away from combat duties. Kerry's preferred choice for reassignment

8374-603: The show [ 24 ] is realistic and what it has to say about modern politics and foreign policy in America’s fight against terrorism." Sentinel , a division of Penguin Group , published Miniter's 2011 book Mastermind about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed . In the book, Miniter examines his subject's childhood in Kuwait and Pakistan and his college education in the United States. He draws conclusions about Mohammed's involvement in such events as

8480-654: The town, and the Rondout Creek joins the Wallkill River by the eastern town line. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,352 people, 2,587 households, and 1,634 families residing in the town. The population density was 318.5 inhabitants per square mile (123.0/km ). There were 2,857 housing units at an average density of 143.3 per square mile (55.3/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 95.72% White , 1.79% African American , 0.28% Native American , 0.44% Asian , 0.43% from other races , and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.63% of

8586-689: The town. In the mid 1800s priests from St. Peter's in Poughkeepsie served missions in Saugerties and Rondout. In 1840 Rev. John N. Smith, pastor in Poughkeepsie, extended his care to Rosendale. In 1842, his successor, Rev. Myles Maxwell celebrated Mass in Petrie's cooper shop. That same year Maxwell was named the first resident pastor of St. Mary's in Rondout, and Rosendale became a mission served out of Rondout. St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church

8692-581: The two were trying to disrupt his get-out-the vote efforts. Vallely and Cameron Kerry maintained that they were only checking their own telephone lines because they had received an anonymous call warning that the Kerry lines would be cut. Despite the arrests, Kerry won the primary with 20,771 votes (27.56%). Sheehy came second with 15,641 votes (20.75%), followed by DiFruscia with 12,222 votes (16.22%), Desmond with 10,213 votes (13.55%) and Kennedy with 5,632 votes (7.47%). The remaining 10,891 votes were split amongst

8798-483: The vacancy, giving him seniority over other new senators who were sworn in on January 3, the scheduled start of their new terms. On April 18, 1985, a few months after taking his Senate seat, Kerry and Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa traveled to Nicaragua and met the country's president, Daniel Ortega . Although Ortega had won internationally certified elections, the trip was criticized because Ortega and his leftist Sandinista government had strong ties to Cuba and

8904-494: The war. The day after this testimony, Kerry participated in a demonstration with thousands of other veterans in which he and other Vietnam War veterans threw their medals and service ribbons over a fence erected at the front steps of the United States Capitol building to dramatize their opposition to the war. Jack Smith, a Marine , read a statement explaining why the veterans were returning their military awards to

9010-605: The way up the Bo De, however, the helicopters were attacked. As the Swift boats reached the Cửa Lớn River , Kerry's boat was hit by a B-40 rocket (rocket propelled grenade round), and a piece of shrapnel hit Kerry's left leg, wounding him. Thereafter, enemy fire ceased and his boat reached the Gulf of Thailand safely. Kerry continues to have shrapnel embedded in his left thigh because the doctors that first treated him decided to remove

9116-421: The weir to the left, lifting PCF-3 "about 2–3 ft out of water". James Rassmann , a Green Beret advisor who was aboard Kerry's PCF-94, was knocked overboard when, according to witnesses and the documentation of the event, a mine or rocket exploded close to the boat. According to the documentation for the event, Kerry's arm was injured when he was thrown against a bulkhead during the explosion. PCF 94 returned to

9222-547: The world class cement. Rosendale natural cement soon gained a reputation for quality among engineers and was used in the construction of many of the United States' most important landmarks, including the Brooklyn Bridge , the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty , Federal Hall National Memorial , and one of the wings of the United States Capitol . The industry fell into decline in the early 1900s. Rosendale natural cement

9328-442: The world. Richard Miniter's attendance at a controversial 2014 Passover dinner hosted by Israel's ambassador to the U.S. was revealed pursuant to an Israeli Supreme Court order in 2016. Ambassador Ron Dermer had fought media requests for information about the gathering, but the court rejected his argument that Israel's national security required the guest list to remain secret. Miniter was one of three American journalists present at

9434-407: The younger half-sister of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy . Through Auchincloss, Kerry was invited to a day of sailing with then-President John F. Kennedy and his family. Kerry played on the varsity Yale Bulldogs men's soccer team, earning his only letter in his senior year. He also played freshman and junior varsity hockey and, in his senior year, junior varsity lacrosse . In addition, he

9540-454: Was $ 44,282, and the median income for a family was $ 51,444. Males had a median income of $ 34,321 versus $ 28,787 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 21,303. About 8.4% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 17.5% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over. The town's government is made up of a town board, consisting of a Supervisor and four council members. In addition, there

9646-741: Was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity and took flying lessons. In his sophomore year, Kerry became the chairman of the Liberal Party of the Yale Political Union , and a year later he served as president of the union. Amongst his influential teachers in this period was Professor H. Bradford Westerfield , who was himself a former president of the Political Union. His involvement with the Political Union gave him an opportunity to be involved with important issues of

9752-677: Was an editor of the Vassar Spectator , one of the school's student periodicals, where he worked with Mark Thiessen and Jonathan Karl . In 1989, he was a summer fellow at the Institute for Humane Studies . He later worked as an environmental policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute . From 1992 to 1994, Miniter was an associate producer of the PBS talk show TechnoPolitics . In 1996, he produced

9858-560: Was arrested on May 30, 1971, during a VVAW march to honor American POWs held captive by North Vietnam . The march was planned as a multi-day event from Concord to Boston, and while in Lexington , participants tried to camp on the village green. At 2:30   a.m., local and state police arrested 441 demonstrators, including Kerry, for trespassing. All were given the Miranda Warning and were hauled away on school buses to spend

9964-627: Was as a military aide in Boston, New York City or Washington, D.C. On April 11, 1969, he reported to the Brooklyn -based Atlantic Military Sea Transportation Service , where he would remain on active duty for the following year as a personal aide to an officer, Rear Admiral Walter Schlech. On January 1, 1970, Kerry was temporarily promoted to full lieutenant . Kerry had agreed to an extension of his active duty obligation from December 1969 to August 1970 in order to perform Swift Boat duty. John Kerry

10070-582: Was attacked by CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen. Miniter's book alleged that Obama was indecisive and delayed when action was needed on the attack of bin Laden, which brought Bergen to state "Miniter's account of the intelligence that led to bin Laden and the decision-making surrounding the operation that killed him is a pile of poppycock served up with heaps of hogwash". Responding to this, Miniter wrote to CNN saying that reporters rely too heavily on White House officials and Pakistani government officials, and marginalize those who were actually present during

10176-619: Was based on research in Iraq , Kuwait , Egypt , Sudan , Hong Kong , Singapore and the Philippines . Shadow War: The Untold Story of How America is Winning the War on Terror , became his second New York Times bestseller, debuting at number seven on the November 7, 2004 edition of the newspaper's non-fiction bestseller list. Disinformation: 22 Media Myths That Undermine the War on Terror ,

10282-461: Was born on December 11, 1943, at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado . He is the second of four children born to Richard John Kerry , a U.S. diplomat and lawyer, and Rosemary Forbes , a nurse and social activist. His father was raised Catholic (John's paternal grandparents were Austro-Hungarian Jewish immigrants who converted to Catholicism) and his mother was Episcopalian . He

10388-467: Was elected to the United States Senate . In 2004 , Kerry won the Democratic presidential nomination alongside Senator John Edwards . He lost the Electoral College and the popular vote by slim margins, winning 251 electors to Bush's 286 and 48.3% of the popular vote to Bush's 50.7%. In January 2013, Kerry was nominated by President Obama to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , and

10494-414: Was in charge of a small boat operating near a peninsula north of Cam Ranh Bay together with a Swift boat (PCF-60). According to Kerry and the two crewmen who accompanied him that night, Patrick Runyon and William Zaladonis, they surprised a group of Vietnamese men unloading sampans at a river crossing, who began running and failed to obey an order to stop. As the men fled, Kerry and his crew opened fire on

10600-598: Was on active duty in the United States Navy from August 1966 until January 1970. He continued to serve in the Naval Reserve until February 1978. With the continuing controversy that had surrounded the military service of George W. Bush since the 2000 presidential election (when he was accused of having used his father's political influence to gain entrance to the Texas Air National Guard , thereby protecting himself from conscription into

10706-410: Was organized by Father Thomas Martin O.P., pastor of St. Mary's in Rondout . Services were held in the home of Walter Delmar. In August 1850 the first Mass was celebrated in the new church. St. Peter's remained a mission of St. Mary's until 1855 when Rev. Edward Lynch, assistant at St. Mary's, was named pastor of the new parish of St. Peter's, Rosendale. In 1874 Rev. Martin O'Flaherty became pastor. Given

10812-567: Was produced from dolomite extracted from mines in the Rosendale and Whiteport members of the Late Silurian Rondout Formation . The natural levels of magnesium and clay in the dolomite from the Rondout Formation are ideally suited for cement production and required none of the chemical additives characteristic of modern Portland cement production. Several abandoned dolomite mines still exist in

10918-482: Was published by Regnery in 2005. Miniter traveled to Egypt, Sudan and corresponded with sources in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan while working on the book. Among other claims, Miniter asserts in the book that Osama bin Laden was not on dialysis . Miniter edited a 2008 book entitled Jack Bauer for President: Terrorism and Politics in 24 . Published by BenBella Books , the volume "addresses how much of

11024-540: Was raised with an elder sister Margaret, a younger sister Diana, and a younger brother Cameron . The children were raised in their father's Catholic faith, and John served as an altar boy . Kerry was originally considered a military brat , until his father was discharged from the Army Air Corps in 1944. Kerry lived in Groton, Massachusetts his first year and Millis, Massachusetts afterwards before moving to

11130-668: Was settled. Miniter refused to disclose the terms, but said "I am very, very happy with the equitable and just result." Miniter wrote the "National Security" column for Forbes.com. Miniter's June 2014 Forbes exposé of President Joseph Kabila , the leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo , reportedly provoked Kabila's younger brother, Zoe , to beat unconscious Congo parliament speaker Évariste Boshab . The Kabila family accused Boshab of having been an anonymous source for Miniter's article, which estimated President Kabila had extracted and secreted away as much as $ 15 billion from

11236-475: Was subsequently confirmed by his Senate colleagues. He was U.S. secretary of state throughout the second term of the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017. During his tenure, he initiated the 2013–2014 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks and negotiated agreements restricting the nuclear program of Iran , including the 2013 Joint Plan of Action and the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action . In 2015, Kerry signed

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