AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster No. 1: The Fixer Patty Murray may be the dullest, most unremarkable member of the United States Senate. Two decades in, she lacks any major legislation to her name, isn’t associated with an issue, rarely appears on television, almost always speaks in gray generalities, and seems to have spent the bulk of her time focused on sending ...

Secretary of State John Kerry and the U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom released the annual State Department report on abuses of religious freedom abroad. The report outlines specific infringements on religious freedom by other governments in 2012.

Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to a group of U.S. diplomats in training. In his speech he said that work overseas had always had inherent dangers, but that the Obama administration was working to improve security while maintaining outreach.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Secretary of State John Kerry gave new Foreign Service officers a final pep talk today before they are deployed overseas, many to what are termed “high-threat” posts, like Afghanistan and Libya, where there have been recent fatal attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions....    

Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on Monday to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.