Sen. Collins Would Prefer Kerry as Secretary of State

After a meeting with Ambassador Susan Rice Wednesday, GOP Sen. Susan Collins made one point clear: Shed prefer to see Sen. John Kerry as the next Secretary of State.

Ms. Rice, seen as a front-runner for the Secretary of State position, attempted a charm offensive on Capitol Hill this week–with rocky results–as she tries to mend relations with Senate Republicans.

Some Republicans had expressed fury over inaccurate statements Ms. Rice, the U.S. ambassador the the United Nations, made in the days following an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya in September. Ms. Rice has since acknowledged her comment that the Libya attack stemmed from a protest to an anti-Islamic video was incorrect. She said she was relying on the int