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Screen shot of automatic weapons. By Jonathan Masters, online writer/editor for the Council on Foreign Relations Introduction The debate over gun control in the United States has waxed and waned over the years, stirred by a series of incidents…

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., greets U.S. troops in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2005. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. President Obama on Friday nominated Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as secretary of state to replace outgoing Secretary Hillary Clinton. Kerry's long career…