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Washington Capitals right wing Troy Brouwer (20) celebrates his goal in front of Winnipeg Jets right wing Devin Setoguchi (40) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ovechkin gets 40th to lead Capitals past Jets 4-2

By JOSEPH WHITE - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Oct. 22, 2013, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaking to the media at the British Foreign Office in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)

Israeli peace talks dinged by divide over John Kerry

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2013, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, with his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry, center, is congratulated by Vice President Joe Biden, right, during the ceremonial swearing-in as the 68th secretary of state at the State Department in Washington,. Witnessing the ceremony are Kerry’s daughters Vanessa Kerry, obscured, and Alexandra Kerry, back center, and stepson Christopher Heinz, back right. Kerry has spent nearly half of his first year as secretary of state jumping on and off airplanes and diving headlong into some of the world’s most difficult problems. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Diplomacy a contact sport in Kerry’s first year

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves while boarding his plane at Franz-Josef-Strauss Airport in Munich, southern Germany, on Sunday Feb. 2, 2014. Kerry was in the Bavarian capital to attend the Munich Security Conference. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski,Pool)I

Secret meeting shocker: John Kerry admits Syria policy is failing

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 in Munich, southern Germany. The annual meeting was set to deal with thorny international issues, from the Syrian war and Ukraine's turmoil to Iran's nuclear program and US online surveillance. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski ,Pool)

Kerry: I see a ‘disturbing trend’ of governments trampling rights in Europe

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview with Germany's ARD television in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia will not be isolated over its conduct in Georgia and warned the Europe not to "serve" the United States. He also stressed Russia does not fear any Western sanctions, saying that if forced to choose between life and sausage, "we choose life." (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)

Russia slams West’s support for Ukraine opposition

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** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, irght, address the media at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Firday, Jan. 31, 2014. (Associated Press)

Kerry seeks to calm German anger at NSA reports

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Secretary of State John Kerry and Pakistani National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz arrive for the start of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Plenary Session at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Afghanistan instability weighing on Pakistan

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press

United States Secretary of State John Kerry, left, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, join hands after their tri-lateral meeting on ending the crisis in Syria in Montreux, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Syria's main political opposition group in exile agreed on Saturday to attend internationally sponsored peace talks, and said for the first time three rebel fighting forces also wanted to take part. (AP Photo/Gary Cameron, Pool)

Syrian peace talks stuck over Assad’s future

By Matthew Lee and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry adjusts his translation earphones while listening to German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, not pictured, at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Berlin is the second stop in Kerry’s first trip overseas as secretary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Kerry to Canada: We’re moving ‘rapidly’ on Keystone pipeline decision

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Kerry: No rush to decide on Keystone XL pipeline

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Sharon, the hard-charging Israeli general and prime minister who was admired and hated for his battlefield exploits and ambitions to reshape the Middle East, died Saturday, eight years after a stroke left him in a coma from which he never awoke. He was 85. (AP Photo/Olivier Fitoussi, Pool)

Benjamin Netanyahu glides past John Kerry for private meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends the opening session of the second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria at Bayan Palace, Kuwait City on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014. Kuwait pledged $500 million and the United States promised $380 million to alleviate the suffering of Syrians affected by the country's civil war at the start of the fundraising conference that international aid officials hope will generate billions of dollars needed this year.(AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)

U.S. pledges $380M for Syria, in hopes Assad won’t take it

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends the opening session of the second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria at Bayan Palace, Kuwait City on Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014. Kuwait pledged $500 million and the United States promised $380 million to alleviate the suffering of Syrians affected by the country's civil war at the start of the fundraising conference that international aid officials hope will generate billions of dollars needed this year.(AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)

Kerry plays down spat with Israeli defense chief

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Judy Gross speaks about her husband, Alan Gross, a Maryland native who has been in a Cuban jail since 2009, during an interview with The Associated Press at her home in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

John Kerry appeals to Vatican to help free Alan Gross from Cuba

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Moshe Yaalon (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Israeli defense minister to John Kerry: ‘Leave us alone’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

File - In this July 9, 2013 file photo, an Israeli soldier holds up a Skylark I (Rochev Shamayim) unmanned drone as part of a demonstration for Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, center, in an urban warfare army training facility, near Zeelim, southern Israel. Israel’s defense minister was quoted Tuesday as deriding U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Mideast peace efforts as naive and foolhardy, triggering an angry response from Washington and rekindling simmering tensions with Israel’s closest and most important ally. In the comments published by the Yediot Ahronot daily, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon called Kerry “obsessive” and “messianic” and dismissed Kerry’s security plan as worthless. “The only thing that might save us is if John Kerry wins the Nobel Prize and leaves us be,” Yaalon was quoted as saying in private conversations. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Israeli defense chief comments spark spat with US

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.N-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, right, attend a joint news conference at the US Ambassador's residence in Paris, France, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Kerry is in Paris for meetings on Syria to rally international support for ending the three-year civil war in Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

John Kerry off to the Vatican — but won’t meet with Pope Francis

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, share a moment under an umbrella before the rainy inauguration of democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe in Richmond, Va., Jan. 11, 2014. The umbrella came from the five-star Jefferson Hotel. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, P. Kevin Morley)

Hillary Clinton’s political hit list of top betrayers includes Kerry, Kennedy

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times