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Kerry speech a possible tryout for job at State

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In this Feb. 28 file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kerry's speech to the Democratic National Convention Thursday night is an audition of sorts for secretary of state if President Barack Obama is re-elected.

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Sen. John Kerry dismissed Republican Mitt Romney as "out of touch at home, out of his depth abroad and out of the mainstream" in a Democratic National convention speech that's the Democrat's audition of sorts for secretary of state if President Barack Obama is re-elected.