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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2013, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who speaks several languages, jokes about needing headphones to listen to Italian during a cultural event with Italian Foreign Minister Terzi, not pictured, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome. With the smile of a seasoned politician, a flair for languages and a vast repertoire of personal anecdotes, Kerry schmoozed and cajoled his way through Europe and the Middle East on his first trip abroad as America's top envoy over the past 10 days. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

A diplomatic natural, Kerry hits ground running

Matthew Lee · March 6, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gives a statement to the media at the start of a meeting with business leaders in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Cairo is the sixth leg of Kerry's first official overseas trip and begins the Middle East portion of his nine-day journey. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Kerry: Divided Egypt needs political compromise

Matthew Lee, Aya Batrawy · March 2, 2013 5:00 am

Kerry sets first official speech for UVa

Matthew Lee · February 14, 2013 5:10 pm

US urges Europe to take action against Hezbollah

Matthew Lee · February 5, 2013 9:43 pm

Clinton ‘thrilled’ to be back at work

Matthew Lee · January 9, 2013 5:03 pm

Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot

Matthew Lee · December 30, 2012 5:00 am

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing with Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides, right, who is in charge of management, and Deputy Secretary of State William Burns,left, who is in charge of policy, after an independent review panel said this week that serious bureaucratic mismanagement was responsible for inadequate security at the mission in Benghazi, Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had been scheduled to testify but canceled after fainting and sustaining a concussion last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers, State officials tangle over Libya raid

Matthew Lee · December 20, 2012 5:00 am

A Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate in that country after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, in September of this year. (Mohammad Hannon/AP Photo)

State Dept. security chief resigns after Benghazi

Matthew Lee · December 19, 2012 5:00 am

US blacklists former Lebanese information minister

Matthew Lee · December 17, 2012 4:07 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for photographs before a dinner hosted by Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam, unseen, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore. The State Department says Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, that Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting. Sheâs now recovering at home and being monitored by doctors. An aide, Philippe Reines, says in a statement that Clinton will continue to work from home next week, as the recommendation of her doctors. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Secretary of State faints, sustains concussion

Matthew Lee · December 16, 2012 9:26 am

Obama administration boosts penalties against Iran

Matthew Lee · December 13, 2012 8:55 pm

Free Syrian Army fighters aim their weapons, close to a military base, near Azaz, Syria, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The gains by rebel forces came as the European Union denounced the Syrian conflict, which activists say has killed more than 40,000 people. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Obama: US recognizes Syria’s main rebel group

Matthew Lee · December 11, 2012 11:35 pm