John Kerry Brings His Puppy to Work

April 24, 2014— -- Secretary of State John Kerry brought a special guest to a Take Your Children to Work Day event at the State Department today: his one-year-old puppy, Ben (named after Benjamin Franklin).

Ben, who is also on Twitter at @DiploMutt, was not very interested in what his human had to say – he was very boisterous, jumping around and chewing on his leash.

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Kerry joked that because his daughters are grown with children of their own, Ben was the closest thing to an actual child that he could bring along.