United States Senate Committee On Foreign Relations

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks on June 23, 2011,with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (left), Massachusetts Democrat, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, on Capitol Hill prior to testifying before the committee on American policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies June 23, 2011, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about American policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, makes his way to the Senate floor, where he introduced a bipartisan resolution Tuesday to authorize continued use of "limited" U.S. military force in Libya. The resolution is co-sponsored by Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican.

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, walks to the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill on June 21, 2011, where he introduced a bipartisan resolution to authorize continued use of "limited" U.S. military force in Libya. (Associated Press)

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Ryan C. Crocker (left) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry greet each other Wednesday before a two-hour hearing on Mr. Crocker's nomination to be the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan. (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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PRO-START: Sens. John Kerry (left), Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican and the panel's ranking member, favor ratification. (Associated Press)

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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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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 27, 2010, during the committee's hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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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)

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Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO of Women for Women International, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 27, 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., listens on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 27, 2010, during the committee's 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)