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Kerry lays out plans for improved U.S.-Muslim relations By Eric Zimmermann - 02/13/10 03:45 PM ET Speaking in Qatar today, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) set forth plans for improving U.S. relations with the Muslim world. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry said he's working on plans to create a "long-term exchange program" between countries. "This will involve public-private partnerships—funded jointly by governments and companies so that Americans and citizens from Muslim-majority countries can work together in fields like science, journalism, business, arts, and culture," he told the U.S.-Islamic Forum, hosted by the Brookings Institute. Kerry acknowledged, however,...