FRANCE-SHOOTING/JAMES TAYLOR James Taylor sings "You've got a friend" during Kerry visit to Paris Town Hall

Record ID: 324365

  • Title: FRANCE-SHOOTING/JAMES TAYLOR James Taylor sings "You've got a friend" during Kerry visit to Paris Town Hall
  • Date: 16th January 2015
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (JANUARY 16, 2015) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF SINGER JAMES TAYLOR SINGING "YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND" WITH UNITED STATES (U.S.) SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY AND PARIS MAYOR ANNE HIDALGO ON STAGE EXTERIOR OF PARIS CITY HALL
  • Embargoed: 31st January 2015 12:00
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  • Location: France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAASDUBQVFL228RTH7L9E8P2JVN
  • Story Text: United States (U.S.) Secretary of State John Kerry offered his condolences and "a hug" to France on Friday (January 16) for the deaths from last week's Islamist attacks.
    Underlining the message of Franco-American friendship, Kerry arranged for American musician James Taylor to sing his version of the 1970s hit "You've got a friend" at an event at the Paris City Hall where the two appeared together.
    Kerry's visit came after the United States failed to send a top official to attend Sunday's (January 11) march in the French capital, an omission that led to significant domestic criticism and a rare White House admission that it had made a mistake.
    While Kerry and his aides stressed that he was not trying to make amends for the U.S. absence on Sunday, by word and deed he sought to convey the United States' solidarity with France, its oldest ally.
    The chief U.S. diplomat laid wreaths of white lilies and red roses at the sites of the two attacks, one on the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly and the other at a Jewish supermarket in the French capital. Seventeen people were killed by three attackers who also died.
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