Lara Jakes

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Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, during a news conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. The United States says there's been "no shred of evidence" that Russia is willing to help end the violence and bloodshed between the Ukraine separatists backed by Moscow and the government in Kiev. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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U.S.: No sign Russia helping to ease Ukraine fight

Lara Jakes · July 29, 2014 4:27 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is greeted by France's Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, in Paris, France, Saturday, July 26, 2014. With a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza Saturday, Kerry is continuing his efforts to reach a longer truce between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

Diplomats call for extension of Gaza cease-fire

Lara Jakes · July 26, 2014 12:31 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon makes a statement regarding the violence in Gaza during their meeting in Cairo, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israeli tank shells hit a compound housing a U.N. school in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets outside, Palestinian officials said, as Israel pressed forward with its 17-day war against the territory's Hamas rulers.(AP Photo/Pool)

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Deal still elusive for Gaza cease-fire

Lara Jakes · July 25, 2014 12:26 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon make statements to reporters in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 21, 2014. Kerry has returned to the Middle East as the Obama administration attempts to bolster regional efforts to reach a cease fire and sharpens its criticism of Hamas in its conflict with Israel. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

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US urges global push for Israeli, Hamas cease-fire

Lara Jakes · July 21, 2014 9:51 pm

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Kerry heads to Mideast in bid for cease-fire

Lara Jakes · July 21, 2014 3:59 am

Former Coast Guard chief tapped as Arctic diplomat

Former Coast Guard chief tapped as Arctic diplomat

Lara Jakes · July 16, 2014 4:39 pm

Somalia ambassador arrives in US

Somalia ambassador arrives in US

Lara Jakes · July 14, 2014 9:25 pm

Iraqi Kurds: Time is ripe for Kurdish independence

Iraqi Kurds: Time is ripe for Kurdish independence

Lara Jakes · July 3, 2014 5:14 pm

Syrian opposition asks for help in 2-front fight

Syrian opposition asks for help in 2-front fight

Lara Jakes · June 27, 2014 2:47 pm

Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, right, US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal walk to a meeting at the US Chief of Mission Residence in Paris, France. US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Paris on June 26, 2014 after stops in Baghdad, Arbil and Brussels to brief his Saudi, French and Israeli counterparts on his talks in Iraq and discuss the bloody three-year war in Syria. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, pool)

US, Sunni states meet on Mideast insurgent crisis

Lara Jakes · June 26, 2014 5:58 pm

Kerry warns Mideast of raising tensions in Iraq

Kerry warns Mideast of raising tensions in Iraq

Lara Jakes · June 25, 2014 8:39 pm

Kerry applauds Syrian chemical weapons disposal

Kerry applauds Syrian chemical weapons disposal

Lara Jakes · June 23, 2014 2:35 pm