Senator Kerry was the Democratic nominee for President in 2004 and represents the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States Senate. He is now serving his fifth term. A veteran of the United States Navy in Vietnam, Senator Kerry is Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. His work on the Iran-Contra scandal and the international response to HIV/AIDS established him as a forward-thinking member of the United States Senate on national security. His book, The New War, written years before the attacks of 9/11, foresaw the security challenges of the twenty-first century.