Question: Facts: - president: barack obama - birth name: cameron forbes kerry - successor: penny pritzker - party: democratic - deputy: patrick gallagher -lrb- acting -rrb- - predecessor: rebecca blank - office: united states secretary of commerce acting - spouse: kathy weinman - parents: richard john kerry rosemary isabel forbes - term end: june 26 , 2013 - term start: june 1 , 2013 - birth date: 6 september 1950 - name: cameron kerry - image: cameron kerry official portrait.jpeg - relations: john cousin -rrb- alexandra forbes kerry -lrb- niece -rrb- vanessa bradford forbes kerry -lrb- niece -rrb- kerry -lrb- brother -rrb- brice lalonde -lrb- - religion: judaism -lrb- previously catholicism -rrb- - alma mater: harvard -rrb- university -lrb- a.b. -rrb- boston college -lrb- j.d. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of cameron kerry .
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cameron forbes kerry -lrb- born september 6 , 1950 -rrb- is an american politician .he is the younger brother and political confidant of john forbes kerry and the general counsel of the u.s. department of commerce .he was appointed acting united states secretary of commerce on june 1 , 2013 , and resumed his position as general counsel on june 26 , 2013 , when penny pritzker was sworn in as the 38th secretary of commerce .as the general counsel of the department of commerce , cameron kerry is the principal legal advisor to the secretary of commerce and third ranking secretarial officer .president obama nominated him on april 20 , 2009 , and he was confirmed unanimously by the united states senate on may 21 , 2009 .he serves as the department 's chief legal officer and oversees the work of over 325 lawyers in 14 offices .kerry is the department 's chief ethics officer , and co-chairs the secretary 's internet policy task force , which brings together commerce agencies with expertise on the internet in the 21st-century global economy .