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FILE - This Dec. 3, 2012 file photo shows Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier. The lawmaker from Massachusetts has quietly jetted off to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down diplomatic disputes that threatened to explode in the administration's face, spending hours on tea and walks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai or delicate negotiations in Islamabad. It's a highly unusual role for a Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman: envoy without a specific portfolio. Kerry has pushed the White House's national security agenda in the Senate, with mixed results. He successfully ensured ratification of a nuclear arms reduction treaty in 2010 and most recently failed to convince Republicans to back a U.N. pact on the rights of persons with disabilities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

On foreign policy, Kerry is Obama’s good soldier

Donna Cassata · December 17, 2012 8:59 am

Teddy bears, each representing a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, sit on a wall at a sidewalk memorial, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Gunman’s mother kept trials of home life hidden

adam-geller · December 17, 2012 8:09 am

FILE - This Dec. 3, 2012 file photo shows Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kerry stands tall as President Barack Obama's good soldier. The lawmaker from Massachusetts has quietly jetted off to Afghanistan and Pakistan numerous times to tamp down diplomatic disputes that threatened to explode in the administration's face, spending hours on tea and walks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai or delicate negotiations in Islamabad. It's a highly unusual role for a Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman: envoy without a specific portfolio. Kerry has pushed the White House's national security agenda in the Senate, with mixed results. He successfully ensured ratification of a nuclear arms reduction treaty in 2010 and most recently failed to convince Republicans to back a U.N. pact on the rights of persons with disabilities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biographical information for Sen. John Kerry

The Associated Press · December 17, 2012 8:08 am

Rifle in Conn. massacre similar to DC sniper

Dave Collins · December 17, 2012 8:06 am

This booking photo provided by the Orange County Sheriff's Department on Sunday, Dec., 16, 2012, shows Marcos Gurrola after he was arrested for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon, Saturday, Dec. 15. A suspect was arrested for firing about 50 shots in the parking lot of a crowded Southern California shopping mall in Newport Beach, Calif. Gurrola was cooperative when officers took him into custody, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Orange County Orange County Sheriff's Department Department)

Police: Man cooperative after firing shots at mall

Washington Examiner · December 17, 2012 6:13 am

A mourner weeps while listening to President Barack Obama speak on a loudspeaker while sitting outside a memorial at Newtown High School for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Conn. gunman had hundreds of rounds of ammunition

John Christoffersen, Matt Apuzzo · December 17, 2012 6:09 am

Hawaii Sen. Inouye stable but still hospitalized

Washington Examiner · December 17, 2012 5:13 am

Sandy Hook school closed, murder site’s future uncertain

Steve Contorno · December 17, 2012 5:00 am

ATF: Gunman, mother visited shooting range

Matt Apuzzo · December 17, 2012 4:57 am

Sen. Inouye battles respiratory complications

Andrew Taylor · December 17, 2012 4:54 am

2 Topeka officers fatally shot outside market

Washington Examiner · December 17, 2012 4:09 am

President Obama’s remarks at Newtown prayer vigil

The Associated Press · December 17, 2012 3:43 am