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Secretary of State John Kerry stands between Israel's Justice Minister and chief negotiator Tzipi Livni (right) and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat as they shake hands after the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on July 30, 2013, at the State Department in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State John Kerry stands with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk at the State Department as he announces that Indyk will shepherd the Israeli Palestinian peace talks beginning in Washington on July 29, 2013. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** No one was seriously hurt in the Taliban's Sept. 13, 2011, attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul, but a State Department inspector general's report cited "unnecessary risk to staff" because of a lack of resources. (Associated Press)
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State Department security official Gregory B. Starr testifies at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on embassy security on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang listens at left as Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the opening session of the 2013 Strategic and Economic Dialogue on July 10, 2013, at the State Department in Washington. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the State Department in Washington on March 13, 2013. (Associated Press)
