Bob Kerrey

American politician and U.S. Navy Medal of Honor recipient · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1943 · age 83

Joseph Robert Kerrey is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001.

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2003“In general, all human beings have harsh experiences. It's the great voyage of human life to suffer losses.”In their wordsp. 364Read the whole statement

“Cynicism is poisonous to the person who feels it. It's actually less poisonous to the person who's on the receiving end.”In their wordsp. 368Read the whole statement

“I didn't feel like I was a hero when they presented me the medal. I didn't go to Vietnam for any other reason than it was my duty.”In their wordsp. 373Read the whole statement

“I think for the most part they're ordinary guys who did an extraordinary thing and most of us recognize that, you know, there but for the grace of God goes somebody else.”In their wordsp. 373Read the whole statement

“I don't think we prepare young people very well to make the tough decisions.”In their wordsp. 378Read the whole statement

1943Born27 August 1943

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The U.S. Navy's variant of the Medal of Honor.

The Thanh Phong sewer pipe in which three children hid before being killed is on display at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City

Kerrey at the LBJ Library in 2016

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Clinton's an unusually good liar. Unusually good.
NYMag, Own words
You are among the two or three most talented people I have ever met in politics.
letter to Obama (), Own words