SUSAN RICE TAKES HERSELF OUT......JOHN KERRY REPORTEDLY IN......AS THE NEXT US SECRETARY OF STATE............

After three months of being caught in the crossfire of the initial public pronouncements by the Obama Administration about the September 11, 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya; and the deaths of four American diplomats including our Ambassador Christopher Stevens, including her statements from talking points on five television Sunday news shows, three months ago today; United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Susan Rice, has withdrawal her name from consideration by President Obama for nomination as the U.S. Secretary of State in his second term.  As the Benghazi Attack continues to be investigated, she had become increasingly criticized and targeted by Republican U.S.  Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Kelly Ayotte, and also Susan Collins, for why she was using erroneous, sanitized, talking points in her appearances on September 16th, on ABC News' This Week; CBS News' Face The Nation; NBC News' Meet The Press; FOX News Sunday; and CNN's State Of The Union.  Dr. Rice was thought to be the President's first choice to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, next month.  As the President continues to assemble his Foreign Policy / National Security Team, for his second term Administration, she may possibly continue to serve as U.N. Ambassador, until another position is opened, most likely an appointment not requiring Senate confirmation; namely National Security Adviser to the President......CNN reported this morning that Massachusetts U.S. Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the 2004 Democratic Presidential Nominee, who narrowly lost the White House to President George Walker Bush, will be nominated by President Obama to be the next Secretary of State.  His confirmation would be all but certain, as his U.S. Senate colleagues Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, will widely support his nomination.  Senators McCain and Collins, who oppose Rice being nominated for Secretary of State, have publicly stated they will support a Kerry nomination.  An announcement of the Secretary of State nomination and other Foreign Policy / National Security Team appointments are expected in the week ahead............tdp