Massachusetts senator and former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry was left out of the mix on Monday when President-elect Obama announced members of his national security team.  About two-thirds of the Obama cabinet has now been named. Kerry  — who ran for president in 2004 and lost by 34 electoral votes — made Obama the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention that year, helping make Obama, who was running for Senate in Illinois, a rising star within his party.  This year Kerry has been a staunch Obama supporter and became one of his top surrogates during the campaign.

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