A day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a fiery defense of the administration's handling of the Libya attack aftermath, the man tapped to replace her will face questioning at his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., is likely to encounter a friendly audience. He's appearing before the committee he chairs -- of all the nominees President Obama has selected for his second term, Kerry is among the least controversial.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson