Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 18, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine national security and foreign policy priorities in the fiscal 2014 international affairs budget. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, questions Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Secretary of State John Kerry, escorted by staff, waves as he begins his first week on the job, as he arrives at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. The former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and presidential candidate, replaces Hillary Rodham Clinton as the top U.S. diplomat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Secretary of State John Kerry, escorted by staff, waves as he begins his first week on the job, as he arrives at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. The former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and presidential candidate, replaces Hillary Rodham Clinton as the top U.S. diplomat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Secretary of State John Kerry, escorted by staff, waves as he begins his first week on the job, as he arrives at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. The former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and presidential candidate, replaces Hillary Rodham Clinton as the top U.S. diplomat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Sen. John F. Kerry (second from left) arrives alongside outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (second from right), Sen. John McCain (right) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (left) for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be the next secretary of state, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Mr. Kerry, the committee's chairman, is expected to receive overwhelming support from his colleagues. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, emerges on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, after a unanimous vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America's next top diplomat. Mr. Kerry, who has served on the Foreign Relations panel for 28 years and led the committee for the past four, would replace Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)
Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, emerges on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 29, 2013, after a unanimous vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approving him to become America's next top diplomat. Kerry, who has served on the Foreign Relations panel for 28 years and led the committee for the past four, would replace Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)
