Per ora è molto indietro nella partita delle gaffes linguistiche e delle figuracce in cultura internazionale, ma Kerry ha guadagnato notevoli posizioni confondendo un campo di concentramento con una prigione del KGB, l’altra sera:
«Well, let me just say quickly that I’ve had an extraordinary experience of watching up close and personal that transition in Russia, because I was there right after the transformation. And I was probably one of the first senators, along with Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire, a former senator, go down into the KGB underneath Treblinka Square and see reams of files with names in them»