Upon graduating from Yale University, John Kerry entered the Navy and became a swift boat officer, serving on a gunboat in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. For his service in combat he received a Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, and three awards of the Purple Heart. By the time Kerry came home from Vietnam, he was compelled to question decisions that he felt were being made to protect positions of authority in Washington at the expense of the soldiers carrying on the fighting in Vietnam. In 1971, Kerry testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and asked his fellow citizens,
… More "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" 14 years later Kerry served side by side with Sen. Claiborne Pell, (D-R.I.) as a Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He fought to hold the political system accountable and to do what he believed was right. As a top prosecutor in Middlesex County, Kerry took on organized crime and the number-two mob boss in New England behind bars. He modernized the District Attorney's Office, created a rape crisis crime unit, and as a private practicing lawyer, he worked hard to prove the innocence of a man wrongly given a life sentence for a murder he did not commit. In 1982, Kerry ran and was elected to serve in the United States Senate. Kerry cam to the Senate with a reputation for independence. Sen. Kerry was re-elected in 1990, and again in 1996. He defeated the popular Republican Governor William Weld in the most closely watched Senate race in the country. He is currently serving hid fourth term and is has worked hard to reform public education, address children's issues, strengthen the economy and encourage the growth of the high tech New Economy, protect the environment, and advance America's foreign policy interests around the globe. John Kerry is married to Teresa Heinz. He has two daughters, Alexandra and Vanessa. Teresa Heinz has three sons, John, Andre, and Christopher. Senator Kerry lives in Boston.
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