Confirmation hearing for John Kerry to be secretary of state set for next week - @BostonDotCom

US State Department: No US-Taliban talks are scheduled - @AFP

Secretary of State Kerry will travel throughout Middle East, Southeast Asia from June 21 to July 2; stops to include Doha, New Delhi, Amman and Jerusalem - @NBCNews

Officials say Secretary of State Kerry has chosen former Sen. Russ Feingold as new US special envoy for Africa - @AP

Cliff Sloan appointed as State Department's special envoy to close Guantanamo Bay - @ABC

Secretary of State John Kerry says US strongly condemns rocket attack on Baghdad camp - @AP

Syria's use of chemical weapons and increased involvement of Hezbollah in the conflict 'threatens to put a political settlement out of reach,' US Secretary of State John Kerry says - @Reuters

Scale of Syrian government aggression 'beggars belief,' says UK Foreign Secretary Hague, after talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry - @BBCNews

Secretary of State Kerry: US, UK 'deeply concerned' about involvement of Hezbollah and Iran in Syria - @BBCBreaking

'Active investigation' underway after report that inspector general probes of potential misconduct by State Department officials were influenced, manipulated or called off improperly - @politico

US State Department holds briefing after reports of alleged misconduct - @NBCNews

Confirmation hearing for John Kerry to be secretary of state set for next week - @BostonDotCom

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Secretary of State Kerry will travel throughout Middle East, Southeast Asia from June 21 to July 2; stops to include Doha, New Delhi, Amman and Jerusalem - @NBCNews

Syria's use of chemical weapons and increased involvement of Hezbollah in the conflict 'threatens to put a political settlement out of reach,' US Secretary of State John Kerry says - @Reuters

Secretary of State Kerry: US, UK 'deeply concerned' about involvement of Hezbollah and Iran in Syria - @BBCBreaking

US State Department holds briefing after reports of alleged misconduct - @NBCNews