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Yesterday, Secretary of State John Kerry showcased his guitar-playing skills when he hosted a lunchtime jam session during talks with officials in Beijing, China. In the Wall Street Journal news item about the performance, which was posted last night, reporter Sarah Larimer reached out to two guitar "experts," asking them to comment on Kerry's skills.

An internal and reportedly problematic army history into the Yom Kippur War is expected to finally be published in a limited version after decades of indecision and delay, military sources said. The IDF confirmed a report in Ma'ariv that the historical research paper was in its final stages of approval and that it would be released shortly. Military sources said that it was indeed on the desk of Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Ya'alon, but could not say when it was likely to be signed for released. The problematic report was said to have been shelved by the past...