AT LEAST 37 PEOPLE KILLED BY MILE-WIDE TORNADO THAT CHURNED THROUGH **

HOMES AND BUILDINGS IN MOORE, OK, WERE ESPECIALLY AFFECTED, AND VEHICLES **

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OKLAHOMA CITY SUBURB SUFFERS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FROM **

MOORE, ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF THE CITY, WAS ONE OF THE TOWNS HIT BY A MAY **

VOLUNTEERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS COMBING THROUGH DEBRIS IN MOORE, OK, **

NEIGHBORHOODS FLATTENED AND HOMES BLOWN APART IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY SUBURB **

SHARDS OF WOOD, CARS AND INSULATION STREWN ACROSS THE AREA **

FEMA CLOSELY MONITORING STORMS AND THEIR DAMAGE IN MOORE, OK, AND **

HOMELAND SECURITY SECY JANET NAPOLITANO COORDINATING WITH OK GOV MARY **

OBAMA ADMIN URGES ALL THOSE IN AFFECTED AREAS TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF **

THE MILE-WIDE TORNADO THAT HAS STRUCK THE OKLAHOMA CITY SUBURB OF MOORE HAS **

STORM WAS LIKELY AT LEAST OF EF4 STRENGTH, THE SECOND HIGHEST RATING **

SEVERAL CHILDREN PULLED OUT OF RUBBLE ALIVE AT PLAZA TOWERS ELEMENTARY **

RESCUE WORKERS LIFTED CHILDREN FROM THE RUBBLE BEFORE PASSING THEM DOWN A **

HOSPITALS TREATING MORE THAN 120 PATIENTS AFTER OKLAHOMA TORNADO, INCLUDING **

MOST PATIENTS ARE BEING ADMITTED TO UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA MEDICAL CENTER **

OKLAHOMA POLICE TELL FOX NEWS THAT AT LEAST FOUR WERE KILLED AT A 7-11 **

BUILDINGS LEVELED, FIRES SPARKED BY THE TORNADO, WHICH RAVAGED THE OKLAHOMA **

MOORE MEDICAL CENTER, THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN MOORE, ALSO SUFFERED EXTENSIVE **

THE CENTER EVACUATED 30 PATIENTS TO TWO OTHER HOSPITALS IN NORMAN, OK **

AT LEAST 24 STUDENTS ARE MISSING BELIEVED TO BE IN THE RUBBLE OF THE SCHOOL **

Senator John Kerry – good choice for Secretary of State

Senator John Kerry has lots of experience in the area of foreign affairs having been Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  Experience matters.

The job of Secretary of State is a very delicate one — having relationships with others around the world is very important.  It is true some Secretaries have to start from scratch (and have served us well) but it always helps a bit to have some relationships from day one.  Reinventing the wheel is not always easy – especially in these difficult times.  Senator Kerry does have these relationships.

Many Republicans will not like this choice but a Republican was never going to be nominated by a Democratic President so you have to step back and think, what Democrat has the most experience for this job?

(And some trivia — and some behind the scenes: at the Democratic Convention I watched as Senator Kerry graciously posed for pictures with young people who work at Fox News Channel.  They were all excited to be in a pic with a former nominee for US President.  He could not have been nicer or more gracious to them.  It was very late and he was headed to his hotel room but he still took the time and stopped to talk to them and ask them questions about themselves.)