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Who appointed John Kerry as the United States Secretary of State leading to Markey's Senate election in 2013?

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Barack Obama appointed John Kerry as the United States Secretary of State in 2013. This led to Ed Markey's election to the Senate in 2013. Markey had been a long-time representative in the House of Representatives, but he decided to run for the Senate after Kerry was appointed to the cabinet.
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