On December 21, 2012, Obama nominated John Kerry for United States Secretary of State during his second term. Kerry was sworn in on February 1, 2013.
ɔ n WORD_BOUNDARY d ɪ s ɛ m b ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY t w ɛ n t i WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY t uː WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY t w ɛ l v WORD_BOUNDARY oʊ b ɑ m ə WORD_BOUNDARY n ɑ m ɪ n eɪ t ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY d̠ʒ ɑ n WORD_BOUNDARY k ɛ ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY j uː n aɪ t ɪ d WORD_BOUNDARY s t eɪ t s WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ k ɹ ə t ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY s t eɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY d ʊ ɹ ɹ ɪ ŋ WORD_BOUNDARY h ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ k ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY t ɜː m WORD_BOUNDARY k ɛ ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ z WORD_BOUNDARY s w ɔ ɹ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ n WORD_BOUNDARY f ɛ b ɹ uː ɛ ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY t uː WORD_BOUNDARY θ aʊ z ə n d WORD_BOUNDARY θ ɜː t iː n WORD_BOUNDARY