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Trump administration asks top State Department officials to leave

Elise Labott, CNN — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 04:07:59 +0000

Donald Trump takes oath of office to become 45th President of the United States of America

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Kerry reassures Gulf allies in talks on Iran, Syria

Elise Labott, CNN — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 08:39:40 +0000

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN) — Secretary of State John Kerry reassured U.S. Gulf allies that the U.S. was not seeking a new alliance with Iran, despite warming ties between Washington and Tehran. In talks with the six nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council —Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates —

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Iran prisoner swap: How 14 months of secret diplomacy ended in a deal

Elise Labott, CNN — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 09:50:29 +0000

Washington (CNN) — The prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Iran capped 14 months of secret diplomacy and talks between Washington and Tehran as the U.S. and world powers negotiated the pact to curb Iran’s nuclear program, reflecting a thaw in relations between the sworn enemies. The negotiation over the prisoners began on the sideline

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John Kerry reopens embassy in Cuba, but tensions remain

Elise Labott, CNN — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:45:03 +0000

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry climbs a set of stairs to an Air Force jet in the pre-dawn light on August 14, 2015, before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Camp Springs, Maryland, for Havana, Cuba.

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ISIS breaking new ground as new leader in terror groups

Elise Labott, CNN — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 22:04:30 +0000

(File photo) ISIS fighters entered Tadmur, the Arabic name for the modern city of thousands of people at the Palmyra site, after days of fighting with Syrian government forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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