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What we’re reading: Monday, February 25, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes remarks to the media before a bilateral meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the State Department in Washington February 14, 2013.  (Photo by Mike Theiler/Reuters)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes remarks to the media before a bilateral meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the State Department in Washington February 14, 2013. (Photo by Mike Theiler/Reuters) ( )

Secretary of State John Kerry’s first overseas trip is underway in London, where the subject of Syria is being discussed with officials including Prime Minister David Cameron. Secretary Kerry travels to Berlin later in the day.

In the opinion pages: Romney 2012 campaign manager Stuart Stevens writes in The Washington Post  that policy must drive any Republican renaissance. The New York Times’ Paul Krugman includes Italy, austerity and Silvio Berlusconi in his latest piece.