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‘Politics has failed.’ William Hague talks to John Kerry

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🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Secretary John Kerry served as Obama’s secretary of state and Biden’s climate envoy. He was a senator for decades, a Navy officer and is a three-time purple heart winner. In his monthly series for The Story, Times columnist and former foreign secretary William Hague sits down with Secretary Kerry to discuss the prospects of a Trump presidency, how to reach peace in the Middle East and why he believes climate change can be fixed.

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Guest: John Kerry

Host: William Hague.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Further listening: Rafah, red lines, and the Biden presidency

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0:34.5

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0:38.5

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0:44.0

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0:57.5

Anyway that was a rant. I'm William Haig.

1:10.0

My guess this month is Secretary John Kerry, a man who very nearly became the President of the United States

1:22.0

and who served as Obama's Secretary of State, my equivalent

1:26.0

when I was Foreign Secretary. We covered all manner of things like the State of Affairs in America.

1:33.0

Politics has failed.

1:35.0

The process is not producing results for citizens, average citizens all around the country.

1:41.0

Donald Trump came up of course.

1:45.0

Is he dangerous in certain regards?

1:48.0

Sure, his election would carry with it certain threats without any question to democracy itself, to the relationship with other

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