Senator Kerry and President Obama in 2009 (White House) As Hillary Clinton prepares for life after the State Department, President Obama has been trying to figure out who will take her place as Secretary of State. The Republicans dashed U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s hopes last week, so now Obama is moving towards nominating former presidential candidate and Senator John Kerry for the position. The Washington Post reports, “Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, chairs the Senate…

Susan Rice, the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations, has told President Obama not to select her as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s successor, the White House announced.