John Kerry tries a different tack

Coral Davenport, reporting for the New York Times:

In his first year as secretary of state, Mr. Kerry joined with the Russians to push Syria to turn over its chemical weapons, persuaded the Israelis and Palestinians to resume direct peace talks and played the closing role in the interim agreement on nuclear weapons with Iran. But while the public’s attention has been on his diplomacy in the Middle East, behind the scenes at the State Department Mr. Kerry has initiated a systematic, top-down push to create an agencywide focus on global warming.

I wonder how this will play into the Keystone XL decision. Maybe giving the final say to the State Department wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

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