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Kerry to address convention in Clinton, but only by phone
By Ed Tibbetts | Comments(4)
Former Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., will give an address to the state convention of the Iowa Professional Firefighters union in Clinton tonight. But it will not be in person.

Kerry, the party’s 2004 candidate, will make his remarks by telephone, his staff said Monday. Kerry was endorsed by the International Association of Firefighters in 2004.


The senator had been scheduled to appear at the convention in person, but a decision was made late Monday for him to stay in Washington, D.C., because of the Senate’s voting schedule, a member of his staff said.

The state firefighters convention will be at the Best Western Frontier Inn, 2300 Lincoln Way, Clinton. Kerry is slated to make his remarks about 5 p.m.

A possible 2008 presidential candidate, Kerry was last in the state during May when he made remarks about the Iraq War at Grinnell College in central Iowa.

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