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US Secretary of State Kerry on Middle East, Asian Tour

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center left, puts his arm around Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, center right, after they and fellow G-7 foreign ministers laid wreaths at the cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, April 11, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, points out to Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida a passage about friendship in a replica of a letter on a small diplomatic matter from former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to the Tycoon of Japan in 1861, before their bilateral meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, April 11, 2016.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, greet Secretary of State John Kerry as he arrives, ahead of G-7 foreign minister meetings, at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 10, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry begins the first working session of the G-7 Ministerial meeting with colleagues from Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Britain at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan, April 10, 2016.

From left, E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini, and foreign ministers from Canada, Stephane Dion; Britain, Philip Hammond; Japan, Fumio Kishida, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry; Italy, Paolo Gentiloni, and France Jean-Marc Ayrault at the Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima Island, Japan, April 10, 2016.

Secretary of State John Kerry boards his military transport to depart Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, April 8, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meets Iraq's Kurdish Regional Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani (3rd L) and his delegationat the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, April 8, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second from left, sits with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi inside the prime minister's Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, April 8, 2016.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 9, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses family members and staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 9, 2016.

FILE - US Secretary of State John Kerry rides in a helicopter en route to the US Embassy in Kabul upon arriving in Afghanistan in August, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan officials, including Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani (C) at the start of their bilateral commission talks at Char Chinar Palace in Kabul, April 9, 2016. (Pamela Dockins/VOA).

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, shares a laugh with Afghanistan CEO Abdullah Abdullah before meeting at the Sepidar Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 9, 2016.

From left, Oman Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi, Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Secretary of State John Kerry and Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, stand together for a family photo at the start of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial meetings in Manama, Bahrain, April 7, 2016.

Secretary of State Kerry greets U.S. troops outside Resolute Support Headquarters following a meeting with General "Mick" Nicholson, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan , April 9, 2016. (Pamela Dockins/VOA)

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with officers from the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet as he tours the Naval Support Activity Bahrain base in the Gulf, in Manama, Bahrain, Thursday, April 7, 2016.