John F. Kerry

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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (center) shakes hands with a member of the U.S. Air Force's 816 Expeditionary Airlift Squadron aboard a C-17 aircraft en route to Baghdad from Amman, Jordan, on Sunday, March 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

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** FILE ** Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib speaks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (not pictured) following an international conference on Syria at Villa Madama in Rome on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (right) meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday, March 24, 2013. Mr. Kerry, on an unannounced visit to Iraq, was expected to urge Mr. al-Maliki to make sure Iranian flights over Iraq do not carry arms and fighters to Syria, a U.S. official said. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

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**FILE** Secretary of State John F. Kerry (left), followed by National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, arrives for the joint news conference between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (left) shakes hands with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Sunday, March 3, 2013. Mr. Kerry is wrapping up a visit to the deeply divided country with an appeal for unity and reform. The United States is deeply concerned that continued instability in Egypt will have broader consequences in a region already rocked by unrest. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

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associated press Secretary of State John F. Kerry, speaking with Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib at a conference Thursday in Rome, says the U.S. is looking for more tangible ways to support the Syrian rebels and bolster a fledgling political movement.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with Secretary of State John F. Kerry this week, a discussion that could be dominated by the issue of Americans adopting Russian children. (Associated Press)

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Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, gives his farewell speech as senator on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. Kerry's last day as senator is Friday as he prepares to become the nation's next secretary of state. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, is at right. (AP Photo/C-SPAN2)

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** File ** President Obama looks to Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, after announcing Mr. Kerry's nomination as the next secretary of state in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. (Associated Press)