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Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels

May 22, 2013
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Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures during a joint a news conference with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures during a joint a news conference with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, May 22, 2013.…

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GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014, beyond

May 11, 2013
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GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014, beyond

FILE - This June 7, 2012 file photo shows U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice listening during a news conference at the UN. Senior State Department officials pressed for changes in the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used after the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya last September, expressing…

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Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria

May 7, 2013
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Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, welcomes Secretary of State John Kerry, left, to his office at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, May 6, 2013. Hagel invited Kerry to the Pentagon for a working lunch to discuss a range of national security issues. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, welcomes Secretary of State John Kerry,…

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Israeli chief negotiator welcomes Arab peace plan

April 30, 2013
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Israeli chief negotiator welcomes Arab peace plan

Buy AP Photo Reprints JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's chief peace negotiator on Tuesday welcomed the Arab League's decision to sweeten a decade-old initiative offering comprehensive peace with Israel, hoping the gesture would help get peace talks back on track after years of standstill.Justice Minister Tzipi Livni's comments revealed the beginnings of what could become a…

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US options limited on Syria despite weapons report

April 26, 2013
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US options limited on Syria despite weapons report

FILE - In this March 28, 2013 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at the Pentagon. Hagel said Thursday that U.S. intelligence has concluded "with some degree of varying confidence," that the Syrian government has used sarin gas as a weapon in its 2-year-old civil war, (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)FILE - In this March…

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Israeli official: Syria’s Assad used chemical arms

April 23, 2013
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Israeli official: Syria’s Assad used chemical arms

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, welcomes U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at his office in Jerusalem, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Hagel said the U.S. and Israel need to ensure that their alliance is "closer than ever," as Mideast security challenges grow more complicated. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left,…

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APNewsBreak: Diplomats: Iran ups nuke technology

April 17, 2013
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APNewsBreak: Diplomats: Iran ups nuke technology

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, smiles, as Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili walks away, after a photo call at a start of high-level talks between world powers and Iranian officials in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Friday, April 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Shamil Zhumatov, Pool)EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, left, smiles,…

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Kerry visits tense SKorea amid missile test fears

April 12, 2013
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Kerry visits tense SKorea amid missile test fears

A South Korean protester wearing a mask of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry poses for the media during a rally denouncing the military exercises and demanding Kerry to go to the North Korea for peace talks near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 12, 2013. Hinting at a missile launch, North…

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Kerry tamps down anxiety over NKorea missile power

April 12, 2013
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Kerry tamps down anxiety over NKorea missile power

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se during a joint press conference at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 12, 2013. Kerry is making his first-ever visit to Seoul amid strong suspicion that North Korea may soon test a mid-range missile. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)U.S. Secretary…

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North Korea hints it will soon launch a missile

April 11, 2013
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North Korea hints it will soon launch a missile

In this Wednesday, April 10, 2013 photo, North Korean military officers look from a sight-seeing boat sailing on the Yalu River, the China-North Korea border river, near North Korea's town of Sinuiju, opposite to the Chinese border city of Dandong. North Korea delivered a fresh round of rhetoric Thursday with claims it had "powerful striking…

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