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BREAKING NEWS – Amman, Jordan – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks over papers while flying from Jordan to Iraq for talks with its new leaders on their role in a long-awaited new strategy against Islamic State militants. As usual, Kerry is the only passenger on the plane because people on his staff constantly complained that he is too frightening a person to look at for prolonged periods of time in close quarters.