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Meeting with with Sir Elton John, Annie Lennox, UNAIDS Director Michel SidibĂ© to Discuss AIDS Research, Investments and PoliciesSenator John Kerry, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, met with Sir Elton John, Annie Lennox, and UNAIDS Director Michel Sidibé who were in town for the International AIDS Conference. During the meeting they discussed current investments in research, policies and next steps for fighting the AIDS epidemic. They also discussed options for strengthening the PEPFAR and the Global Fund programs. |
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Visiting the USS WaspSenator Kerry visited the USS Wasp during the 2012 Navy & Tall Ships Week in Boston. |
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Delivering $14.5 Mil SAFER Grant to Fall RiverSenator Kerry visited Fall River to award a $14,453,524 federal grant to the Fall River Fire Department. The new Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant will prevent two fire stations from closing and save 79 firefighter jobs that would have been lost due to local budget cuts. |
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Meeting with Dr. Craig MelloSenator Kerry, along with other members of the Massachusetts delegation, met with Dr. Craig Mello of UMass Medical School in the U.S. Capitol to discuss National Institute of Health (NIH) funding. |
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Meeting with President of LiberiaSenator Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with the President of Liberia, H.E. Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. |
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Meeting with Gibbons Middle School StudentsSenator Kerry talked to students from the Gibbons Middle School in Westborough. |
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Congressional Cranberry CaucusSenator Kerry, along with Senator Brown and Congressmen Jim McGovern and William Keating today launched the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Cranberry Caucus. |
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Mount Ida Commencement AddressSenator Kerry delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Mount Ida College. |
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Announcing Over $33 Mil for MA Community Health CentersSenator Kerry visited the Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center in Allston to announce that Massachusetts received over $33 million to help fund 11 community health centers across Massachusetts, all made possible by the Affordable Care Act. |
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Youth Anti-Drug SummitSenator Kerry, along with ONDCP Director R. Gil Kerlikowske and former Boston Celtics player, Chris Herren, visited Roca, a Chelsea youth center focused on lifting young people out of poverty, violence, and drug abuse. The Senator and Director met with several young people currently active in Roca’s programming for an open-forum discussion. |
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Meeting with MA AmeriCorps VolunteersSenator Kerry, along with R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), met with Massachusetts AmeriCorps volunteers and City Year members for a youth summit the Senator hosted in Chelsea, MA. |
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Visiting MA TroopsSenator Kerry visited with Massachusetts troops serving overseas at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. |
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South Weymouth Naval Air Station TourSenator Kerry met with developers, toured three sites, and discussed job creation and latest construction and economic redevelopment achievements and future plans at SouthField. |
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UMass Lowell VisitSenator Kerry discussed the outlook for legislation, future of the U.S. Congress, and lessons learned from 26 years in Senate at Chancellor Marty Meehan’s political science class focused on the U.S. Congress. |
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Officer Jack Maguire Post Office DedicationSenator Kerry, along with Mayor Scott Galvin, Police Chief Robert J. Ferullo Jr., family members of Officer Jack Maguire, and fellow police officers, presented copy of the law signed by President Barack Obama and authored by Senator Kerry to rename the Woburn Post Office after John “Jack” Maguire, a patrolman in the Woburn Police Department who was killed in the line of duty in 2009. |