双语新闻：克里周四将就出任国务卿出席国会听证会 Kerry to Face Confirmation Hearing Thursday

24 January, 2013

星期四，美国国会参议院外交委员会主席、参议员约翰·克里将出席国会就他被提名出任国务卿而举行的听证会。

预计，这位前民主党总统候选人克里将被问及有关他在越南服役、叙利亚危机以及拟议中的拱顶石输油管工程等问题。拱顶石输油管将从加拿大连接到美国南部的德克萨斯州。

克里是美国最富有的参议员之一，他已经排除了国会认可这项任命的一个可能的障碍，那就是他承诺卖掉在一些公司大批股票，如果他担任美国外交最高首长的国务卿，持有这些公司的股票可能会形成利益冲突。他持有股票的公司包括了与美国政府有生意往来的公司，还有一些可能会受到外交决策影响的公司。

克里的资产估计约为1亿8400万美元。

预计克里将会顺利得到国会通过对他的任命。

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.