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Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said Tuesday that Secretary of State John Kerry "should be on a plane right now for Baghdad" as Iraq's government struggles to defend the capital from ISIS militants. (CBS News)

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**FILE** U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (center) speaks June 7, 2012, with Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Gen. John Allen (left center), the head of NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan, upon arriving at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, center right, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, second right, and the head of NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, center left, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan Thursday, June 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)

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Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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President Barack Obama is greeted by Lt. Gen. Curtis "Mike" Scaparrotti, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker as he steps off Air Force One at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta (center) walks to his vehicle after being greeted by Ryan Crocker (right), U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Gen. John Allen upon his arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan on Dec., 13, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta walks to his vehicle after being greeted by Ryan Crocker (right), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, and Gen. John Allen (left) upon arriving in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

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** FILE ** Ryan Crocker, the new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, speaks during his swearing-in ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, July 25, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Ryan Crocker, President Obama's nominee for ambassador to Afghanistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Ryan Crocker, dean and executive professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, testifies Tuesday on Capitol Hill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Ryan Crocker, Dean and Executive Professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, right, accompanied by Zainab Salbi, founder and CEO of Women for Women International, center, and David Kilcullen, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Center for a New American Security, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 27, 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)