Thursday, May 26, 2016

John Kerry at G7: No apology for Hiroshima

 World War II was very different than the police actions like the Korean war the Viet Nam War and the Iraq wars and the war in Afghanistan. World War II was a fight to the death between countries. So, apologizing for Hiroshima would only make sense if it happened after 1950 in the present world era. Because those were very different times. Then Germany and Japan were trying to kill us all, to extinct every man, woman and child in America and parts of Europe. To forget this is just to be stupid now.

John Kerry at G7: No apology for Hiroshima

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By Elise Labott, CNN
Updated 12:19 PM ET, Sun April 10, 2016
Kerry kicks around a soccer ball during an airplane refueling stop at Sal Island, Cape Verde, on Monday, May 5, 2014. Kerry was on his first major tour of Africa, focusing on some of the continent's most brutal conflicts.
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Kerry kicks around a soccer ball during an airplane refueling stop at Sal Island, Cape Verde, on Monday, May 5, 2014. Kerry was on his first major tour of Africa, focusing on some of the continent's most brutal conflicts.
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Kerry visits patients at the Fistula Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital in Kinshasa, Congo, on Sunday, May 4, 2014.
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Kerry visits patients at the Fistula Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital in Kinshasa, Congo, on Sunday, May 4, 2014.
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Kerry talks with the crew of a U.S. Air Force plane prior to departure from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday, May 2, 2014. He was en route to Juba, South Sudan, to demand a cease-fire in the brutal civil war that has sparked dire warnings of genocide and famine.
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Kerry talks with the crew of a U.S. Air Force plane prior to departure from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday, May 2, 2014. He was en route to Juba, South Sudan, to demand a cease-fire in the brutal civil war that has sparked dire warnings of genocide and famine.
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Kerry looks out a window moments before meeting with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Zeralda, Algeria, in April 2014.
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Kerry looks out a window moments before meeting with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Zeralda, Algeria, in April 2014.
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Kerry stands beside a barricade at the Shrine of the Fallen in Kiev, Ukraine, in March 2014. It was part of his trip to Europe in search of a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine.
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Kerry stands beside a barricade at the Shrine of the Fallen in Kiev, Ukraine, in March 2014. It was part of his trip to Europe in search of a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine.
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Kerry talks to reporters on a boat on the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam in December. Kerry had patrolled the muddy waters 40 years earlier as a U.S. naval officer. Kerry also visited Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
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Kerry talks to reporters on a boat on the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam in December. Kerry had patrolled the muddy waters 40 years earlier as a U.S. naval officer. Kerry also visited Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
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Kerry checks his cell phone in Geneva, Switzerland, prior to a November 2103 meeting with Iran's foreign minister and the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs.
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Kerry checks his cell phone in Geneva, Switzerland, prior to a November 2103 meeting with Iran's foreign minister and the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs.
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In May 2013, Kerry met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and visited the St. Basil Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square.
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In May 2013, Kerry met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and visited the St. Basil Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square.
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Kerry boards a plane in Amman, Jordan, where in May 2013 he met with leaders to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria.
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Kerry boards a plane in Amman, Jordan, where in May 2013 he met with leaders to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria.
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During a flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Paris in March 2013, Kerry presents a birthday cake to traveling CBS correspondent Margaret Brennan.
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During a flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Paris in March 2013, Kerry presents a birthday cake to traveling CBS correspondent Margaret Brennan.
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In March 2013, Kerry met with leaders of the Syrian Opposition Coalition in Istanbul and pledged once again to increase U.S. assistance. Kerry then traveled to Brussels to discuss NATO's post-2014 mission in Afghanistan. <br />
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In March 2013, Kerry met with leaders of the Syrian Opposition Coalition in Istanbul and pledged once again to increase U.S. assistance. Kerry then traveled to Brussels to discuss NATO's post-2014 mission in Afghanistan.
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Kerry's third trip as secretary of state focused on promoting peace in the Middle East. He visited Turkey, seen here, and Egypt before heading to London for a meeting of G8 foreign ministers.
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Kerry's third trip as secretary of state focused on promoting peace in the Middle East. He visited Turkey, seen here, and Egypt before heading to London for a meeting of G8 foreign ministers.
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Kerry touches down in Rome during a hectic nine-day trip in February 2013. Kerry accompanied President Barack Obama to Europe, Israel, Jordan and several Palestinian territories.
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Kerry touches down in Rome during a hectic nine-day trip in February 2013. Kerry accompanied President Barack Obama to Europe, Israel, Jordan and several Palestinian territories.
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Kerry talks to reporters en route to London on his first trip as secretary of state in February 2013. The trip took him through European and Middle Eastern capitals.
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Kerry talks to reporters en route to London on his first trip as secretary of state in February 2013. The trip took him through European and Middle Eastern capitals.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, May 29, shortly after Buhari's inauguration in Abuja, Nigeria.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, May 29, shortly after Buhari's inauguration in Abuja, Nigeria.
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Kerry is welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the presidential residence of Bocharov Ruchey in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday, May 12.
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Kerry is welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the presidential residence of Bocharov Ruchey in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday, May 12.
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Kerry speaks with China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi at the Diaoyutai State Guest House on May 16 in Beijing. Kerry is urging China to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea.
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Kerry speaks with China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi at the Diaoyutai State Guest House on May 16 in Beijing. Kerry is urging China to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea.
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Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, from left, Luebeck's Mayor Bernd Saxe, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Kerry take a boat cruise during a meeting of G-7 foreign ministers in Luebeck, Germany, on April 15. The foreign ministers met to discuss global political and security issues ahead of a G-7 summit to take place in June 2015 in southern Germany.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, from left, Luebeck's Mayor Bernd Saxe, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Kerry take a boat cruise during a meeting of G-7 foreign ministers in Luebeck, Germany, on April 15. The foreign ministers met to discuss global political and security issues ahead of a G-7 summit to take place in June 2015 in southern Germany.
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Kerry rides his bike on March 16, during a break in talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, about Iran's nuclear program.
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Kerry rides his bike on March 16, during a break in talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, about Iran's nuclear program.
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Kerry listens to a talk during the 51st Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 8. The Ukraine conflict, ISIS jihadists and the wider "collapse of the global order" occupied the world's security community at the annual meeting.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry listens to a talk during the 51st Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 8. The Ukraine conflict, ISIS jihadists and the wider "collapse of the global order" occupied the world's security community at the annual meeting.
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Kerry walks off the plane at Kiev Boryspil International Airport in Kiev, Ukraine, on February 5. His visit came as international pressure grew for an immediate halt to surging violence.
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Kerry walks off the plane at Kiev Boryspil International Airport in Kiev, Ukraine, on February 5. His visit came as international pressure grew for an immediate halt to surging violence.
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Kerry walks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris on January 16 through a memorial to the victims killed in the attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
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Kerry walks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris on January 16 through a memorial to the victims killed in the attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
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Kerry and U.S. President Barack Obama meet with Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, on November 12, 2014, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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Kerry and U.S. President Barack Obama meet with Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, on November 12, 2014, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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During a tour of the Berlin Wall memorial on October 22, 2014, in Berlin, Kerry and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, chat with Regina Webert-Lehmann, who in 1989 fled from communist East Germany in her Trabant car (pictured) to Hungary shortly before revolutions swept Eastern Europe. Kerry and Steinmeier met with students and walked along a still-standing portion of the wall that divided East and West Berlin and whose fall 25 years ago marked the end of the Cold War.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
During a tour of the Berlin Wall memorial on October 22, 2014, in Berlin, Kerry and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, chat with Regina Webert-Lehmann, who in 1989 fled from communist East Germany in her Trabant car (pictured) to Hungary shortly before revolutions swept Eastern Europe. Kerry and Steinmeier met with students and walked along a still-standing portion of the wall that divided East and West Berlin and whose fall 25 years ago marked the end of the Cold War.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, from left, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid al-Sabah, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, Kerry, Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa and Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil stand together for a photo of the Gulf Cooperation Council and regional partners on September 11, 2014, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kerry and regional counterparts discused forming a coalition to support an American campaign against ISIS jihadists in Syria and Iraq.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, from left, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid al-Sabah, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, Kerry, Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa and Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil stand together for a photo of the Gulf Cooperation Council and regional partners on September 11, 2014, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kerry and regional counterparts discused forming a coalition to support an American campaign against ISIS jihadists in Syria and Iraq.
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Kerry looks out over Baghdad, Iraq, from a helicopter on September 10, 2014. Kerry flew into Iraq for talks with its new leaders on their role in a long-awaited new strategy against ISIS militants.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry looks out over Baghdad, Iraq, from a helicopter on September 10, 2014. Kerry flew into Iraq for talks with its new leaders on their role in a long-awaited new strategy against ISIS militants.
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Kerry visits a replica of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney on August 11, 2014.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry visits a replica of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney on August 11, 2014.
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Kerry kicks around a soccer ball during an airplane refueling stop at Sal Island, Cape Verde, on Monday, May 5, 2014. Kerry was on his first major tour of Africa, focusing on some of the continent's most brutal conflicts.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry kicks around a soccer ball during an airplane refueling stop at Sal Island, Cape Verde, on Monday, May 5, 2014. Kerry was on his first major tour of Africa, focusing on some of the continent's most brutal conflicts.
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Kerry visits patients at the Fistula Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital in Kinshasa, Congo, on Sunday, May 4, 2014.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry visits patients at the Fistula Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital in Kinshasa, Congo, on Sunday, May 4, 2014.
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Kerry talks with the crew of a U.S. Air Force plane prior to departure from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday, May 2, 2014. He was en route to Juba, South Sudan, to demand a cease-fire in the brutal civil war that has sparked dire warnings of genocide and famine.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry talks with the crew of a U.S. Air Force plane prior to departure from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday, May 2, 2014. He was en route to Juba, South Sudan, to demand a cease-fire in the brutal civil war that has sparked dire warnings of genocide and famine.
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Kerry looks out a window moments before meeting with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Zeralda, Algeria, in April 2014.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry looks out a window moments before meeting with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Zeralda, Algeria, in April 2014.
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Kerry stands beside a barricade at the Shrine of the Fallen in Kiev, Ukraine, in March 2014. It was part of his trip to Europe in search of a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry stands beside a barricade at the Shrine of the Fallen in Kiev, Ukraine, in March 2014. It was part of his trip to Europe in search of a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine.
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Kerry talks to reporters on a boat on the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam in December. Kerry had patrolled the muddy waters 40 years earlier as a U.S. naval officer. Kerry also visited Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry talks to reporters on a boat on the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam in December. Kerry had patrolled the muddy waters 40 years earlier as a U.S. naval officer. Kerry also visited Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
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Kerry checks his cell phone in Geneva, Switzerland, prior to a November 2103 meeting with Iran's foreign minister and the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry checks his cell phone in Geneva, Switzerland, prior to a November 2103 meeting with Iran's foreign minister and the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs.
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In May 2013, Kerry met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and visited the St. Basil Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
In May 2013, Kerry met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and visited the St. Basil Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square.
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Kerry boards a plane in Amman, Jordan, where in May 2013 he met with leaders to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry boards a plane in Amman, Jordan, where in May 2013 he met with leaders to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria.
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During a flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Paris in March 2013, Kerry presents a birthday cake to traveling CBS correspondent Margaret Brennan.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
During a flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Paris in March 2013, Kerry presents a birthday cake to traveling CBS correspondent Margaret Brennan.
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In March 2013, Kerry met with leaders of the Syrian Opposition Coalition in Istanbul and pledged once again to increase U.S. assistance. Kerry then traveled to Brussels to discuss NATO's post-2014 mission in Afghanistan. <br />
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
In March 2013, Kerry met with leaders of the Syrian Opposition Coalition in Istanbul and pledged once again to increase U.S. assistance. Kerry then traveled to Brussels to discuss NATO's post-2014 mission in Afghanistan.
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Kerry's third trip as secretary of state focused on promoting peace in the Middle East. He visited Turkey, seen here, and Egypt before heading to London for a meeting of G8 foreign ministers.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry's third trip as secretary of state focused on promoting peace in the Middle East. He visited Turkey, seen here, and Egypt before heading to London for a meeting of G8 foreign ministers.
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Kerry touches down in Rome during a hectic nine-day trip in February 2013. Kerry accompanied President Barack Obama to Europe, Israel, Jordan and several Palestinian territories.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry touches down in Rome during a hectic nine-day trip in February 2013. Kerry accompanied President Barack Obama to Europe, Israel, Jordan and several Palestinian territories.
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Kerry talks to reporters en route to London on his first trip as secretary of state in February 2013. The trip took him through European and Middle Eastern capitals.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry talks to reporters en route to London on his first trip as secretary of state in February 2013. The trip took him through European and Middle Eastern capitals.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, May 29, shortly after Buhari's inauguration in Abuja, Nigeria.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, May 29, shortly after Buhari's inauguration in Abuja, Nigeria.
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Kerry is welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the presidential residence of Bocharov Ruchey in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday, May 12.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry is welcomed by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the presidential residence of Bocharov Ruchey in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday, May 12.
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Kerry speaks with China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi at the Diaoyutai State Guest House on May 16 in Beijing. Kerry is urging China to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry speaks with China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi at the Diaoyutai State Guest House on May 16 in Beijing. Kerry is urging China to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea.
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Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, from left, Luebeck's Mayor Bernd Saxe, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Kerry take a boat cruise during a meeting of G-7 foreign ministers in Luebeck, Germany, on April 15. The foreign ministers met to discuss global political and security issues ahead of a G-7 summit to take place in June 2015 in southern Germany.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, from left, Luebeck's Mayor Bernd Saxe, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Kerry take a boat cruise during a meeting of G-7 foreign ministers in Luebeck, Germany, on April 15. The foreign ministers met to discuss global political and security issues ahead of a G-7 summit to take place in June 2015 in southern Germany.
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Kerry rides his bike on March 16, during a break in talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, about Iran's nuclear program.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry rides his bike on March 16, during a break in talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, about Iran's nuclear program.
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Kerry listens to a talk during the 51st Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 8. The Ukraine conflict, ISIS jihadists and the wider "collapse of the global order" occupied the world's security community at the annual meeting.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry listens to a talk during the 51st Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 8. The Ukraine conflict, ISIS jihadists and the wider "collapse of the global order" occupied the world's security community at the annual meeting.
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Kerry walks off the plane at Kiev Boryspil International Airport in Kiev, Ukraine, on February 5. His visit came as international pressure grew for an immediate halt to surging violence.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry walks off the plane at Kiev Boryspil International Airport in Kiev, Ukraine, on February 5. His visit came as international pressure grew for an immediate halt to surging violence.
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Kerry walks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris on January 16 through a memorial to the victims killed in the attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry walks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris on January 16 through a memorial to the victims killed in the attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
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Kerry and U.S. President Barack Obama meet with Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, on November 12, 2014, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry and U.S. President Barack Obama meet with Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, on November 12, 2014, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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During a tour of the Berlin Wall memorial on October 22, 2014, in Berlin, Kerry and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, chat with Regina Webert-Lehmann, who in 1989 fled from communist East Germany in her Trabant car (pictured) to Hungary shortly before revolutions swept Eastern Europe. Kerry and Steinmeier met with students and walked along a still-standing portion of the wall that divided East and West Berlin and whose fall 25 years ago marked the end of the Cold War.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
During a tour of the Berlin Wall memorial on October 22, 2014, in Berlin, Kerry and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, chat with Regina Webert-Lehmann, who in 1989 fled from communist East Germany in her Trabant car (pictured) to Hungary shortly before revolutions swept Eastern Europe. Kerry and Steinmeier met with students and walked along a still-standing portion of the wall that divided East and West Berlin and whose fall 25 years ago marked the end of the Cold War.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, from left, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid al-Sabah, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, Kerry, Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa and Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil stand together for a photo of the Gulf Cooperation Council and regional partners on September 11, 2014, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kerry and regional counterparts discused forming a coalition to support an American campaign against ISIS jihadists in Syria and Iraq.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, from left, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid al-Sabah, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, Kerry, Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa and Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil stand together for a photo of the Gulf Cooperation Council and regional partners on September 11, 2014, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Kerry and regional counterparts discused forming a coalition to support an American campaign against ISIS jihadists in Syria and Iraq.
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Kerry looks out over Baghdad, Iraq, from a helicopter on September 10, 2014. Kerry flew into Iraq for talks with its new leaders on their role in a long-awaited new strategy against ISIS militants.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry looks out over Baghdad, Iraq, from a helicopter on September 10, 2014. Kerry flew into Iraq for talks with its new leaders on their role in a long-awaited new strategy against ISIS militants.
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Kerry visits a replica of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney on August 11, 2014.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry visits a replica of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney on August 11, 2014.
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Kerry kicks around a soccer ball during an airplane refueling stop at Sal Island, Cape Verde, on Monday, May 5, 2014. Kerry was on his first major tour of Africa, focusing on some of the continent's most brutal conflicts.
27 photos: John Kerry's travels
Kerry kicks around a soccer ball during an airplane refueling stop at Sal Island, Cape Verde, on Monday, May 5, 2014. Kerry was on his first major tour of Africa, focusing on some of the continent's most brutal conflicts.
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Hiroshima (CNN)Secretary of State John Kerry's arrival to Hiroshima for a G7 meeting with his foreign counterparts marks the first visit by a U.S. secretary of state to the city, where the U.S. became the only country to use a nuclear weapon during World War II.
Looming over the two days of talks between Kerry and other G7 foreign ministers is the location itself, which was devastated when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city in August 1945. The bomb, which led to the end of World War II, killed 140,000 people.
Three days later, the U.S. dropped a second bomb on the port city of Nagasaki, killing about 70,000 people.
But a senior State Department official traveling with Kerry said America's top diplomat will not issue an apology for its use of nuclear weapons and the devastation it causes.
"If you are asking whether the secretary of state came to Hiroshima to apologize, the answer is no," the official said. "If you are asking whether the secretary -- and I think all Americans and all Japanese -- are filled with sorrow at the tragedies that befell so many of our countrymen, the answer is yes."
Kerry, though, did seek to use his visit to "recognize the huge loss of life" that occurred during the war, said State Department spokesman Mark Toner.
Kerry and the other ministers will visit Peace Memorial Park, a World War II memorial and museum that has become a symbol for nuclear disarmament.
"It is also an acknowledgment that since the end of World War II that the United States and Japan have become the closest of friends and strong allies," Toner said.
The Japanese government and public hope the location of the summit in Hiroshima will foster better understanding among nations about Japan's staunch nuclear stance.
Recent comments by Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump proposing arming Japan and South Korea with nuclear weapons have raised eyebrows here in the country.
And Kerry's trip to Hiroshima could pave the way for President Barack Obama to visit the city next month, when he travels to Japan for the G7 leaders summit. The senior State Department official said the White House had not made a formal decision.
The Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries -- in addition to the U.S. -- includes Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.
The Syrian civil war, the migrant crisis facing Europe and violence in Ukraine were some of the topics discussed during the first day of talks, aides traveling with Kerry said.
Kerry also led a discussion about the political chaos in Iraq and Afghanistan, after having visited both countries this week. The fight against ISIS also dominated the discussions. Some of the European members are grappling with security challenges in the aftermath of recent terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris.
But Japan hopes to highlight pressing concerns in Asia, including China's activities in the South China Sea and the North Korean nuclear threat.
On Sunday, Kerry and the other ministers paid a visit to the seaside Itsukushima shrine that dates to the late sixth century, one of Japan's most well-known cultural sites.
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