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Letterman’s top 10 countries according to Secretary of State John Kerry (VIDEO)

By Sean Sullivan, Published: February 27, 2013 at 8:40 amE-mail the writer

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Forget Secretary of State John Kerry’s apparent “Kyrzakhstan” gaffe. On Tuesday, David Letterman of CBS’s “The Late Show” identified 10 more country names as relayed by the newly minted secretary of state, including “Belize Navidad”:

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