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Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his first foreign policy speech on Feb. 20, 2013, in Old Cabel Hall at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. (Associated Press)

Syria divide casts shadow over Kerry-Lavrov meeting

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Searchers comb through the debris of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a strike by Syrian government forces in the Jabal Bedro neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in this citizen journalism image provided by the Aleppo Media Center and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center)

Missile strike in northern Syria kills 33

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

**FILE** U.S. Sen. John Kerry acknowledges applause while addressing constituents at Faneuil Hall in Boston on Jan. 31, 2013. (Associated Press)

Secretary of State Kerry set for whirlwind overseas trip to Europe, Mideast

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

Beleaguered Syrian President Bashar Assad suggests re-election in the cards

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (Associated Press)

EU, Britain at odds over ways to end Syrian violence

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters holding a caricature placard during a demonstration, at Kafr Nabil town, in the Idlib province of northern Syria, on Feb. 15, 2013. (Associated Press/Edlib News Network ENN)

Clashes near Syria airport kill 150

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Jihad Makdissi (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Qatar to hand over Syrian Embassy to rebel Syrian National Coalition

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, file photo, is a general view of a destroyed pottery shop inside the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site that was gutted in October and which is now controlled by the Free Syrian Army. Syria’s top antiquities official is calling for U.N. intervention and cooperation from neighboring countries to halt the illicit trafficking of its artifacts as the 23-month civil war rages on.(AP Photo/Monica Prieto, File)

Syria official warns of trafficking in antiquities

By Dale Gavlak - Associated Press

Smoke rises from heavy shelling in the Hajar Aswad neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, in this citizen journalism image provided by the Syrian Revolution and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/The Syrian Revolution)

Syrian rebels close in on Aleppo airport

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Syrian rebels are pictured at the Jarrah airfield in Syria's northern Aleppo province on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in this image taken from video and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syrian rebels advance toward Aleppo airport

Associated Press

Syrian refugee boys look Jan. 7, 2013, outside their tent at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Marj near the border with Syria. (Associated Press/File)

Official: Syrian refugees straining Jordan’s resources

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

NASA: Alarming water loss in Middle East

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta stands by President Obama as he explains changes to military force and strategy that will result in the biggest defense cuts since the end of the Cold War. (Associated Press)

Syria secret: Panetta reveals rejected Pentagon plan to send weapons to rebels in push to oust Assad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, show smoke and fire rising on a main highway in Damascus, Syria. Rebels pushed forward in their battle with the Syrian army in northeastern Damascus on Friday, shutting down a main highway with a row of burning tires, activists said. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Ex-State Dept. official: U.S. will get ‘sucked in’ to Syria war

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry holds a bilateral meeting with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird on Feb. 8, 2013, at the State Department in Washington. (Associated Press)

Kerry skirts question on arming Syrian rebels

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Donna Grethen

BECK: Obama’s last chance to stop Iran

By Noah Beck

Donna Grethen

NORTH: Surrounded by enemies

By Oliver North - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Iran's Chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)

Iran defends Syria, vows Israel will regret attack

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Christos P. Panagopoulos (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)

Greece swamped by illegals from North Africa, Mideast

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Sen. John F. Kerry (second from left) arrives alongside outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from right), Sen. John McCain (right) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (left) for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be the next secretary of state, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Mr. Kerry, the committee's chairman, is expected to receive overwhelming support from his colleagues. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Kerry to face Clinton’s ongoing popularity at State Department

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times