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John Kerry will write ‘JK’ after all of his State Dept. tweets

Vince Coglianese Editorial Director
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Newly-installed Secretary of State John Kerry will begin tweeting soon from the Department of State’s official Twitter account.

All tweets that come directly from Kerry will have his initials, “JK,” included at the end of the messages.

But in the world of social media, “JK” is widely understood to mean “just kidding.”

The State Department revealed in a tweet Monday that Kerry’s messages would all have the confusing addition:

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