Secretary of State John Kerry leans over to confer with his advisers, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, as he testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to advance President Barack Obama's request for congressional authorization for military intervention in Syria, a response to last month's alleged sarin gas attack in the Syrian civil war. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is at left.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Photo: AP / AP
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