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  50. Ibid.

  51. Ibid.

  52. “Diplomatic Reception Rooms,” About, U.S. Department of State, https://diplomaticrooms.state.gov/About/.

  53. U.S. Department of State Bureau of Public Affairs, “The Great Seal of the United States,” 2004, https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/27807.pdf.

  54. John Kerry, Remarks, “Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic,” District of Columbia, May 21, 2015, https://ge.usembassy.gov/remarks-secretary-state-john-kerry-u-s-chairmanship-arctic-council-reception-may-21/.

  55. “Kennedy Center Honors,” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors#2010s.

  56. U.S. Department of State, “Vice President Biden Swears In Secretary Kerry,” YouTube, February 6, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOonFCZHcGM.

  57. The New Yorker, April 19, 2004.

  58. CBS News, interview, September 12, 2016.

  59. Ibid.

  60. John Kerry, “Interview with Adam Boulton of Sky News,” interview by Adam Boulton, Marshall and John Jay Rooms, September 15, 2016, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/09/261979.htm.

  61. Author’s notes, April 27, 2016.

  62. ABC News, “‘This Week’ Transcript: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice,” September 16, 2012, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-us-ambassador-united-nations-susan-rice/story?id=17240933.

  63. Ben Birnbaum and Amir Tibon, “The Explosive, Inside Story of How John Kerry Built an Israel-Palestine Peace Plan—and Watched It Crumble,” The New Republic, July 20, 2014, https://newrepublic.com/article/118751/how-israel-palestine-peace-deal-died.

  64. Barack Obama, Remarks, “Remarks by the President at Nomination of Senator John Kerry as Secretary of State,” District of Columbia, December 21, 2012, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/12/21remarks-president-nomination-senator-john-kerry-secretary-state.

  65. U.S. Department of State, “Vice President Biden Swears In Secretary Kerry,” YouTube, February 6, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOonFCZHcGM.

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  66. Author’s journal, February 13, 2013.

  67. Author’s journal, December 9, 2014.

  68. Lesley Wroughton, “U.S. top diplomat Kerry’s personal diplomacy piles up the miles,” Reuters, October 15, 2013, http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-kerry-travel-idINDEE99E0AK20131015.

  69. “Kerry Comes Full Circle,” CBS News, http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/kerry-comes-full-circle/.

  70. Alex Pappas, “Carly Fiorina Takes on Hillary: ‘flying is an activity, not an accomplishment,’” Daily Caller, January 24, 2015, http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/24/carly-fiorina-takes-on-hillary-flying-is-an-activity-not-an-accomplishment/.

  71. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks at India Institute of Technology Delhi,” New Delhi, August 31, 2016, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/08/261424.htm.

  72. CNN, interview, September 18, 2016.

  73. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks at India Institute of Technology Delhi,” New Delhi, August 31, 2016, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/08/261424.htm.

  74. Author’s journal, November 12, 2013.

  75. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks at The Atlantic and Aspen Institute,” District of Columbia, September 29, 2016, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/09/262581.htm.

  76. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks at the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership - Milan Expo Reception,” District of Columbia, April 21, 2015, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/04/240965.htm.

  77. Bryan Bender, “John Kerry’s brand of Boston diplomacy pays off,” Boston Globe, November 14, 2014, https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2014/11/14/secretary-state-john-kerry-brand-boston-diplomacy-pays-off/MMTJZKyos77wBcQWXgdxEL/story.html.

  78. CNN, interview, September 18, 2016.

  79. John Kerry, Remarks, “Conversation with Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Professor Graham Allison,” Cambridge, October 13, 2015, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/10/248187.htm.

  80. Ibid.

  81. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn Before Their Meeting,” Luxembourg City, July 16, 2016, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/07/260139.htm.

  82. Gil Stern Hoffman, “Ya’alon Criticized for Reportedly Calling Kerry ‘obsessive, Messianic,’” Jerusalem Post, January 14, 2014, http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Yaalon-criticized-for-reportedly-calling-Kerry-obsessive-messianic-338109.

  83. Ibid.

  84. CNN, interview, September 18, 2016.

  85. Ibid.

  86. Michael Crowley, “Inside John Kerry’s Diplomatic Save in Afghanistan,” Time, July 18, 2014, http://time.com/3001703/kerry-afghanistan-civil-war/.

  87. Karen DeYoung and Tim Craig, “Finessing a power-sharing agreement in Afghanistan,” The Washington Post, September 22, 2014, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/finessing-a-power-sharing-agreement-in-afghanistan/2014/09/22/769e99ba-427d-11e4-b437-1a7368204804_story.html?utm_term=.7072cd97d816.

  88. Isiaka Wakili, “2015 election: Kerry told Jonathan and I to behave and we did—Buhari,” Daily Trust, March 12, 2018, https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/2015-election-kerry-told-jonathan-and-i-to-behave-and-we-did--buhari.html.

  89. Coral Davenport, “Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal,” The New York Times, October 15, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/world/africa/kigali-deal-hfc-air-conditioners.html?_r=0.

  90. Author’s recollection, March 6, 2013.

  91. John Kerry, Remarks, “Press Availability in Dhaka, Bangladesh,” Dhaka, August 29, 2016, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/08/261339.htm.

  92. CBS News, interview, September 9, 2016.

  93. Author’s notes, March 29, 2014.

  94. Marcus Weisgerber, “Pentagon Wants to Get Started on New Air Force Two and Doomsday Planes,” Defense One, May 30, 2017, http://www.defenseone.com/business/2017/05/pentagon-wants-get-started-new-air-force-two-and-doomsday-planes/138269/.

  95. Author’s recollection.

  96. Associated Press, “UN ambassador Samantha Power’s motorcade kills child in Cameroon,” The Guardian, April 16, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/18/un-samantha-powers-motorcade-kills-child-cameroon.

  97. Author’s journal, September 16, 2016.

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  98. Marina Koren, “The Philippine President’s Vulgar Warning to Obama,” The Atlantic, September 5, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/09/duterte-obama-extrajudicial-killings/498710/.

  99. Jackie Northam, “He Did It Again: Philippine President Keeps Insulting the U.S. (And Obama),” National Public Radio, October 5, 2016, http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/10/05/496721265/he-did-it-again-philippine-president-keeps-insulting-the-u-s-and-obama.

  100. Author’s notes, July 27, 2016.

  101. Ibid.

  102. Ibid.

  103. Barack Obama, Remarks, “Remarks by President Obama to the Australian Parliament,” Canberra, November 17, 2011, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/17/remarks-president-obama-australian-parliament.

  104. CBS News, interview with John Kerry, September 12, 2016.

  105. Author’s notes, January 27, 2016.

  106. John Kerry, Remarks, “The U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue / Consultation on People-to-People Exchange,” District of Columbia, June 23, 2015, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/06/244120.htm.

  107. Author’s notes, January 27, 2016.

  108. Ibid.

  109. Ibid.

  110. John Kerry, Remarks, “Press Availability with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi,” Beijing, January 27, 2016, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/01/251708.htm.

  111. Ibid.

/>   112. Ibid.

  113. Ibid.

  114. Ibid.

  115. Author’s notes, January 27, 2016.

  116. “Great Hall of the People,” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hall_of_the_People.

  117. Helene Cooper, “Leaders Will Delay Deal on Climate Change,” The New York Times, November 14, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/world/asia/15prexy.html?_r=1.

  118. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks at Energy Cooperation Event,” Beijing, April 13, 2013, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/04/207474.htm.

  119. Mark Landler, “U.S. and China Reach Climate Accord After Months of Talks,” The New York Times, November 11, 2014, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/world/asia/china-us-xi-obama-apec.html?mcubz=1.

  120. Tom Phillips, Fiona Harvey, Alan Yuhas, “Breakthrough as US and China agree to ratify Paris climate deal,” The Guardian, September 3, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/03/breakthrough-us-china-agree-ratify-paris-climate-change-deal.

  121. Ibid.

  122. Scott Neuman, “President Trump Caught Off-Guard by ‘ASEAN-Way Handshake,’” National Public Radio, November 13, 2017, https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/13/563697970/president-trump-caught-off-guard-by-asean-way-handshake.

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  123. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks on Middle East Peace,” District of Columbia, December 28, 2016, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/12/266119.htm.

  124. Michael Barbaro, “A Friendship Dating to 1976 Resonates in 2012,” The New York Times, April 7, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/us/politics/mitt-romney-and-benjamin-netanyahu-are-old-friends.html.

  125. Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama, Remarks, “Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel in Joint Press Conference,” Jerusalem, March 20, 2013, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/photos-and-video/video/2013/03/20/president-obama-holds-press-conference-prime-minister-netanyahu-is#transcript.

  126. National Archives, “National Archives Celebrates 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel,” July 9, 2018, Press Release, https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2008/nr08-89.html.

  127. Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama, Remarks, “Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel in Joint Press Conference,” Jerusalem, March 20, 2013, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/photos-and-video/video/2013/03/20/president-obama-holds-press-conference-prime-minister-netanyahu-is#transcript.

  128. Barack Obama, Remarks, “Transcript of Obama’s Speech in Israel,” Jerusalem, March 21, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/world/middleeast/transcript-of-obamas-speech-in-israel.html.

  129. Ibid.

  130. Ibid.

  131. Zack Beauchamp, “What is the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?,” Vox, May 14, 2018, https://www.vox.com/cards/israel-palestine/peace-process.

  132. Ibid.

  133. Ibid.

  134. Ibid.

  135. Ibid.

  136. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks at the American Jewish Committee Global Forum,” District of Columbia, June 3, 2013, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/06/210236.htm.

  137. Ibid.

  138. Ibid.

  139. “Q&A: Palestinians’ upgraded UN status,” BBC, November 30, 2012, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-13701636.

  140. Lesley Wroughton, “Kerry calls for ‘ultimate resolution’ of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” Reuters, March 30, 2016 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-azerbaijan-conflict/kerry-calls-for-ultimate-resolution-of-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-idUSKCN0WW2QB.

  141. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks at The Atlantic and Aspen Institute,” District of Columbia, September 29, 2016, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/09/262581.htm.

  142. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “President Peres meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry,” April 8, 2013, http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2013/Pages/Peres-meets-with-Kerry.aspx.

  143. Zack Beauchamp, “What is the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?,” Vox, May 14, 2018, https://www.vox.com/cards/israel-palestine/peace-process.

  144. Ibid.

  145. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks at the American Jewish Committee Global Forum,” District of Columbia, June 3, 2013, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/06/210236.htm.

  146. Author’s notes, January 1, 2014.

  147. “Highway 1 (Israel),” Wikipedia, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_1_(Israel).

  148. Serge Schmemann, “Assasination in Israel: The Overview; Rabin Slain after Peace Rally in Tel Aviv; Israeli Gunman Held; Says He Acted Alone,” The New York Times, November 5, 1995, https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/05/world/assassination-israel-overview-rabin-slain-after-peace-rally-tel-aviv-israeli.html?pagewanted=all.

  149. John Kerry, “Solo Press Availability in Baghdad, Iraq,” Baghdad, March 24, 2013, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/03/206591.htm.

  150. Author’s notes, March 3, 2013.

  151. Author’s notes, April 9, 2013.

  152. Associated Press, “Arabs loosen stance on Israel’s 1967 border,” CBS News, April 23, 2013, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arabs-loosen-stance-on-israels-1967-border/.

  153. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani After Meeting With Arab League Officials,” District of Columbia, April 29, 2013, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/04/208544.htm.

  154. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks to Special Program on Breaking the Impasse World Economic Forum,” Dead Sea, May 26, 2013, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/05/209969.htm.

  155. Ibid.

  156. Ibid.

  157. John Kerry, Remarks, “Press Availability in Amman, Jordan,” Amman, July 19, 2013, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/07/212213.htm.

  158. Author’s notes, March 31, 2018.

  159. Ben Birnbaum and Amir Tibon, “The Explosive, Inside Story of How John Kerry Built an Israel-Palestine Peace Plan—and Watched It Crumble,” The New Republic, July 20, 2014, https://newrepublic.com/article/118751/how-israel-palestine-peace-deal-died.

  160. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks with Ambassador Martin Indyk,” District of Columbia, July 29, 2013, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/07/212516.htm.

  161. Sharona Schwartz, “As Obama Admin Pushes Peace Process, Abbas Vows No Israelis in Palestine: ‘Racist and Hateful Vision,’” Yahoo, July 30, 2013, https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-admin-pushes-peace-process-abbas-vows-no-113622595.html.

  162. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks on the Middle East Peace Process Talks,” District of Columbia, July 30, 2013, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/07/212553.htm.

  163. Ibid.

  164. Ibid.

  165. Author’s notes, June 28, 2013.

  166. Ben Birnbaum and Amir Tibon, “The Explosive, Inside Story of How John Kerry Built an Israel-Palestine Peace Plan—and Watched It Crumble,” The New Republic, July 20, 2014, https://newrepublic.com/article/118751/how-israel-palestine-peace-deal-died.

  167. Associated Press, “Israeli soldiers kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank raid,” The National, August, 26, 2013, https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/israeli-soldiers-kill-3-palestinians-in-west-bank-raid-1.307502.

  168. Tovah Lazaroff, “Netanyahu Rejects Palestinian Right of Return to Israel,” Jerusalem Post, October 28, 2013, http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Netanyahu-rejects-Palestinian-right-of-return-to-Israel-329895.

  169. Author’s journal, October 10, 2014.

  170. Author’s recollection.

  171. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks at Solo Press Availability,” Jerusalem, January 5, 2014, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/01/219298.htm.

  172. Gil Stern Hoffman/jpost.com Staff/Yaakov Lappin, “Ya’alon Criticized for Reportedly Calling Kerry ‘obsessive, Messianic,’” Jerusalem Post, January 14, 2014, http://www.jpost.com/Diplomac
y-and-Politics/Yaalon-criticized-for-reportedly-calling-Kerry-obsessive-messianic-338109.

  173. Lazar Berman and Rebecca Shimoni Stoil, “Liberman: Kerry is ‘a true friend’ of Israel,” The Times of Israel, February 7, 2014, https://www.timesofisrael.com/liberman-kerry-is-a-true-friend-of-israel/.

  174. The New York Times, February 12, 2014.

  175. Miami Herald, February 12, 2014.

  176. Ben Birnbaum and Amir Tibon, “The Explosive, Inside Story of How John Kerry Built an Israel-Palestine Peace Plan—and Watched It Crumble,” The New Republic, July 20, 2014, https://newrepublic.com/article/118751/how-israel-palestine-peace-deal-died.

  177. Ibid.

  178. Ibid.

  179. Ibid.

  180. Ibid.

  181. Ibid.

  182. Author’s notes, March 31, 2014.

  183. Ibid.

  184. Ben Birnbaum and Amir Tibon, “The Explosive, Inside Story of How John Kerry Built an Israel-Palestine Peace Plan—and Watched It Crumble,” The New Republic, July 20, 2014, https://newrepublic.com/article/118751/how-israel-palestine-peace-deal-died.

  185. Ibid.

  186. Author’s notes, April 1, 2014.

  187. Ibid.

  188. Author’s notes, April 4, 2014.

  189. “2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers,” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_kidnapping_and_murder_of_Israeli_teenagers.

  190. “2014 Israel–Gaza conflict,” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Israel–Gaza_conflict.

  191. Author’s notes, August 1, 2014.

  192. Ibid.

  193. John Kerry, Remarks, “Remarks on the Humanitarian Cease-fire Announcement in Gaza,” New Delhi, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/08/230072.htm.

  194. Author’s notes, March 9, 2015.

  195. Author’s notes, June 6, 2016.

  196. Paul Lewis, “U.N. Council ‘Deplores’ Israeli Actions in Unrest,” The New York Times, December 23, 1987, http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/23/world/un-council-deplores-israeli-actions-in-unrest.html.

  197. Ibid.

 

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