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rescinds WMC non-deferrable list in accordance with father draft bill
Cough drops reptd unobtainable, GB
S on post-war econ; announces Gen Motors plan, NAM dinner
5th Army expels last Gers from Camino-Maggiore area; isolates Mignano; takes Via Casilina point controlling Cassino area; 8th Army Canadian units drive to within 12 1/2 mi of Pescara, Adriatic coast; Ital troops reptd in action fighting Gers on 5th Army front; strong Ger Mignano defenses cited; map
Role in air battle, Central Pacific, noted
1943John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State[†]
John Forbes Kerry is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and former naval officer who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Forbes family and of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1985 to 2013 and later served as the first U.S. special presidential envoy for climate from 2021 to 2024. Kerry was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2004 election, losing to then-incumbent president George W. Bush.