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and now, Bashar al-Assad is under the protection of the Security Council because of the chemical weapons resolution. And [U.S.] Secretary [of State John] Kerry is saying that Bashar al-Assad has to stay in power until the chemical weapons are removed and everybody is saying these weapons aren't going to be

ixty-seventh secretary will be remembered more for talking about diplomacy's importance than for actually using it to great effect. By contrast Mr. Kerry's legacy as Secretary of State is already sure to be defined by the success or failure of major U.S. diplomatic initiatives to secure compromises f

s by mediating conflicting territorial claims—as Secretary Kerry proposed in his recent Asia travels—and probing

ecent years, and civilian policy tools—not having demonstrated comparable potency since perhaps the 1995 Dayton Agreement that ended hostilities in Bosnia—have lost stature and credibility compared to the military. Congressional funding has reflected the belief that DoD, alone among cabinet department

he US broke the habit of more than 30 years and sat down to talk to each other. Know your enemy is a first rule of diplomacy — and of intelligence. John Kerry has his detractors but, unlike his predecessor Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state understands that serious diplomacy demands a willingness

a broadening of the issues on the table could give the Saudis a chance to make their voice heard -- but few expect them to change their tune. "When Kerry went to Saudi Arabia [earlier this month], they told him in no uncertain terms that they're against any deal being cut, any lifting of the sanction

cs say talks in Geneva are becoming a substitute for real policy, with no concerted plan to stop the war. Some analysts compare this to the 1992-95 Bosnia war, where meandering prolonged talks failed to stop fighting until NATO air strikes against Serb forces in the late summer of 1995. EFTA00707117

d out that one of her positions clashed with that of then-national security advisor Gen. James Jones, Rice retorted, "I outrank General Jones." 6. John Kerry might have lost his bid for the presidency in 2004 and been passed over in 2008 for the top job at the State Department, but he is a powerful forc

e president's nuclear agreement with Russia through ratification in 2010 -- an arduous process that culminated in an eight-day debate during which Kerry spent some 70 hours on the chamber's floor. And, as "a kind of ex-officio member of Obama's national security team," in the words of FP columnist J

e words of Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth, the "foremost voice for human rights within the White House." A former journalist in Bosnia, the Irish-born Power first captured the attention of then-Senator Obama after he read her 2003 Pulitzer Prize- winning book 'A Problem from Hell,'

Sy=ia David Rohde <http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/author/david-=ohdeh May 11, 2013 -- Moscow — Afte= marathon meetings with Secretary of State John Kerry here this week, the =ussian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, hinted that Moscow might finally pressure President Bashir al-Assad of Syria to l=ave

ce <httpl=www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/05/209117.htm> on Tuesday. "We are interested in the fate=of the Syrian people." Mr. Lavrov and Mr. Kerry announced th=t they would host an international conference where Syrian government officials and rebels will be given a chance to name an i=terim go

his own making, fell back on lawyerly dist=nctions. A Greater Middle East, an Islam=c world, used to American campaigns of rescue — Kuwait in 1991, Bosnia i= 1995, Kosovo in 1999, Afghanistan in 2001, Iraq in 2003, Libya in 2011 — is now witnessing the ebb of American power and responsibility. Obama h

the central actor. As Secretary of State John F. Kerry's recent effort has shown, the Israeli-Palestini

iling and threaten us more by their collapse into ungoverned regions — not by their strength or ability to project power. But what we've learned in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Egypt and Syria is that it is very hard to change another country's internal behavior — especially at a cost and in a ti

ity) in rather tense times, when a handful of our people were besieged in the embassy in Cairo, with an angry mob at the door. Secretary of State Kerry, and • President Obama — went to great lengths — and paid a considerable political (and often personal) price — to help us achieve a breakthroug

nding into severe, perpetual hemorrhaging, lasting generations, by the two national communities locked in embrace— as we have seen in Belfast and Bosnia. The vision we all share — the vision • of a "model society" in Israel, of positioning Israel, within 10-15 years, among the group of the most a

ility) in rather tense times, when a handful of our people were besieged in the embassy in Cairo, with an angry mob at the door. • Secretary of State Kerry, and President Obama - went to great lengths - and paid a considerable HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028904 --- PAGE BREAK --- political (and often personal) pri

escending into severe, perpetual hemorrhaging, lasting generations, by the two national communities locked in embrace- as we have seen in Belfast and Bosnia. • The vision we all share - the vision of a "model society" in Israel, of positioning Israel, within 10-15 years, among the group of the most advanc

ility) in rather tense times, when a handful of our people were besieged in the embassy in Cairo, with an angry mob at the door. • Secretary of State Kerry, and President Obama - went to great lengths - and paid a considerable political (and often personal) price - to help us achieve a breakthrough with

g, lasting generations, by the two national communities locked in embrace- as we have seen in Belfast HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029392 --- PAGE BREAK --- and Bosnia. • The vision we all share - the vision of a "model society" in Israel, of positioning Israel, within 10-15 years, among the group of the most advanc