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** FILE ** In this Tuesday April 1, 2014 photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, joined by Palestinian chief peace negotiator Saeb Erekat, signs an application to the U.N. agencies in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Israel says it won’t release Palestinian prisoners

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

FILE - This March 29, 2014 file-pool photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry arriving in Paris. More than a week into what had been a scheduled five-day trip to Europe and Saudi Arabia, Kerry sat in a Paris hotel suite last Monday morning contemplating his next moves on multiple crisis fronts. Despite a hastily arranged emergency meeting with his Russian counterpart in the French capital the night before, Moscow was still massing troops on Ukraine&#8217;s border, apparently threatening invasion, and Kerry&#8217;s pet project, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, was teetering on the brink of collapse. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File-Pool)

U.S. backs off peace talks as impatience mounts with Israelis, Palestinians

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gestures while speaking during a media conference ahead of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. NATO foreign ministers begin a two-day meeting on Tuesday in which they will discuss, among other issues, the situation in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO allies pledge to beef up eastern defenses

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

In this March 30, 2014, photo U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Paris. The United States is talking with Israel about the possibility of releasing convicted spy Jonathan Pollard early from his life sentence as an incentive in the troubled Mideast peace negotiations, a person familiar with the situation said Monday March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

American spy’s release in play for Mideast peace

By LARA JAKES - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before the start of their meeting at the Russian Ambassador's residence about the situation in Ukraine, in Paris Sunday March 30, 2014. Kerry traveled to Paris for a last minute meeting with Lavrov. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

U.S., Russia offer differing solutions on Ukraine

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before the start of their meeting at the Russian Ambassador's Residence to discuss Ukraine, in Paris, Sunday March 30, 2014. Kerry traveled to Paris for a last minute meeting with Lavrov. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Lawmakers aim for diplomacy in Russian dealings

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Paris, on Saturday March 29, 2014. After leaving Saudi Arabia the secretary canceled a return to Washington in order to travel to Paris for a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about the situation in Ukraine. The meeting was arranged during a refueling stop in Ireland en route to Paris. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

US, Russia talks fail to end Ukraine deadlock

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks back to his plane through Shannon Airport in Ireland Saturday March 29, 2014, during a refueling stop. Halfway home from Saudi Arabia, Kerry has abruptly changed course and will stay in Europe for talks on the Ukraine crisis. Flying from Riyadh to Shannon for a refueling stop on Saturday, Kerry decided to turn his plane around and was traveling to Paris for a meeting with Lavrov scheduled for Sunday evening.. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Kerry set to see Russian FM on Ukraine

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Kerry arrived in Jordan in hopes of jump-starting foundering Mideast peace talks just as Arab leaders released a communique saying they will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Kerry to meet with Palestinian leader in Jordan

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 18, 2014 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a town hall meeting at the State Department. The Obama administration on Wednesday vented its anger at public insults and criticism of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry by Israel's defense minister. The State Department said Kerry called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protest recent remarks by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, who had accused the Obama administration of being weak on Iran and questioned its commitment to Israel's security. Previously, Yaalon has criticized Kerry personally for being unrealistic and naive in trying to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

US irate with Israeli defense minister comments

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama (right) and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney exchange views during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., on Oct. 16, 2012. (Associated Press)

Romney: Obama failed to act on Russia ‘when action was possible, and needed’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 21, 2011, photo, President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are seen during a meeting in New York. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama, Palestinian leader meet as deadline nears

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a press conference at the Russian Ambassador's residence in London, Friday, March 14, 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke following a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Kerry: US won’t recognize Crimea vote

By LARA JAKES and CASSANDRA VINOGRAD - Associated Press

Secretary of State John F. Kerry says restoration of U.S. military aid to Egypt depends largely Cairo's progress making reforms. (Associated Press)

John Kerry admits Israeli-Palestinian mistrust hits record highs

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

HURT: John Kerry — The ridiculous face of a ridiculous U.S. diplomacy

By Charles Hurt

American actor Jared Leto poses as he arrives at Miu Miu's ready to wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer)

Stars not aligned with polls on Keystone

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

An anti-war demonstrators gather holds a poster reading &quot;Peace to the World!&quot; during a rally in Moscow, Russia, late Friday, March 7, 2014. Russia rallied support Friday for a Crimean bid to secede from Ukraine, with a leader of Russia’s parliament assuring her Crimean counterpart that the region would be welcomed as “an absolutely equal subject of the Russian Federation.” Across Red Square, 65,000 people waved Russian flags, chanting “Crimea is Russia!”(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia warns heavier sanctions could backfire

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

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From left, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, French President Francois Hollande, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, talk together during a break of a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Top diplomats from the West and Russia trying to find an end to the crisis in Ukraine are gathering in Paris on Wednesday as tensions simmered over the Russian military takeover of the strategic Crimean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Alain Jocard, Pool)

Russia, West try to hammer out Ukraine diplomacy

By LARA JAKES and MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Ukraine, Monday, March 3, 2014. In remarks Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama said Kerry will propose ways in which a negotiation between Russia and Ukraine could be overseen by a multilateral organization when he goes to Kiev on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)

Kerry heads to Ukraine as West ponders sanctions

By LARA JAKES - Associated Press