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Boston, Massachusetts
PaRichard and Rosemary Kerry. His father was a diplomat in the Foreign Service. His mother was a homemaker and an heir to wealth through the Forbes family.
Job:
Senator of Massachusetts
Siblings:
Older brother, Cameron; two younger sisters, Diane and Peggy.
Early Schooling:
Swiss boarding schools and St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H.
Height: 6 feet 4. If elected, he'd share tallest president honors with former President Abraham Lincoln.
Pets: Kim, a German shepherd, and Sunshine, a canary
Arts: Played bass guitar in a high school band called the Electras.
The kids: Two daughters, three stepsons.
Vanessa Kerry, 27: Taking a break from her third year at Harvard Medical School to campaign for her dad.
Alexandra Kerry, 30: Film student in Los Angeles and occasionally campaigns.
Chris Heinz, 30: On leave from a private equity firm to work on the campaign.
Andre Heinz, 34: An environmental consultant. He has made a few campaign appearances.
John Heinz IV, 37: A blacksmith and teacher who lives with his wife and child in Pennsylvania, where he runs an alternative school for teenagers.
Pastimes: Builds model ships; reads (recently: "Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West," by Stephen Ambrose).
Combat record: In 1968, served off Vietnam on a guided missile frigate. In November 1968, was given command of a Swift boat, a 50-foot-long patrol boat that searched the Mekong River delta for enemy soldiers, often drawing fire from Viet Cong fighters.
Presidential goals
"Make America stronger and respected in the world."
"Restore trust and credibility to the White House."
Foreign policy:
"Never hesitate to use force when it is required."
Meet any attack "with a swift and certain response."
"Never give any nation or international institution a veto over our national security."
Lead global effort against nuclear proliferation.
Military policy:
Add 40,000 active duty troops.
Double special forces to conduct anti-terrorist operations.
End "backdoor draft of National Guard and reservists."
Go to war only "because we have to."
Never fight "a war without a plan to win the peace."
National security:
Immediately implement 9/11 commission recommendations.
Inspect container ships coming into ports.
Better protect nuclear and chemical plants.
Economic plan:
New incentives to "revitalize manufacturing."
Invest in technology and innovation to create "good-paying jobs."
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