克里週四將就出任國務卿出席國會聽證會
U.S. Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, is set to face his peers Thursday at a confirmation hearing for his nomination as secretary of state.
The former Democratic presidential candidate is expected to face questions about his military service in Vietnam, the crisis in Syria, and the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline that would run from Canada to the southern U.S. state of Texas.
Kerry, one of the wealthiest U.S. senators, already has remedied one possible roadblock to his confirmation by promising to divest his expansive holdings in companies that could prove a conflict of interest to the nation's top diplomat. Those holdings include companies that do business with the U.S. government and others that could be affected by diplomatic decisions.
Kerry's fortune is estimated at $184 million.
Kerry is expected to easily win confirmation.星期四，美國國會參議院外交委員會主席、參議員約翰·克里將出席國會就他被提名出任國務卿而舉行的聽證會。
預計，這位前民主黨總統候選人克里將被問及有關他在越南服役、敘利亞危機以及擬議中的拱頂石輸油管工程等問題。拱頂石輸油管將從加拿大連接到美國南部的德克薩斯州。
克里是美國最富有的參議員之一，他已經排除了國會認可這項任命的一個可能的障礙，那就是他承諾賣掉在一些公司大批股票，如果他擔任美國外交最高首長的國務卿，持有這些公司的股票可能會形成利益衝突。他持有股票的公司包括了與美國政府有生意往來的公司，還有一些可能會受到外交決策影響的公司。
克里的資產估計約爲1億8400萬美元。
預計克里將會順利得到國會通過對他的任命。
