Kerry fields questions, calls for prosecutions of private sector wrongdoing in economic crisis

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Kerry fields questions, calls for prosecutions of private sector wrongdoing in economic crisis

Kerry fields questions, calls for prosecutions of private sector wrongdoing in economic crisis
By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter
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U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-Boston) campaigning in New Hampshire earlier this year

CAMBRIDGE - U.S. Sen. John Kerry fielded questions ranging from mass transit to foreign policy to the current economic crisis here Monday night in a town hall meeting.

The forum took place at Lesley University's Prospect Hall near Port Square. Kerry, a Boston Democrat, attended the event following the special convocation ceremony at Harvard University for U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy.

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But Kerry turned his attention to Bush's administration.

"I hate that we're here," he said. "I hate it because it represents such a flagrant abuse by this administration by just letting the fox guard the chicken coup and not caring about it. And we're picking up the pieces."

Kerry also said that he hopes that the incoming attorney general, Eric Holder, will investigate wrongdoing in the private sector that has led to the current financial crisis.

"When our new attorney general gets in there," he said, "I'm looking for some prosecutions."

Other questions ranged from the country's policies toward Afghanistan and India, to job loss to mass transit and climate change. As the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry said climate change will be a top priority. He also noted that he spoke with former Vice President and Nobel prize winner Al Gore on Monday about the issue. He is already planning to visit Russia in the upcoming weeks, then Georgia, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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On foreign policy, Kerry also said that the country's mindset towards fighting terrorism and its causes must change. The "War on Terror," a term created by the Bush administration, "is just a misnomer," Kerry said.

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