For a man once dubbed "Monsieur Kerry," US Secretary of State John Kerry has found the Franco-American relationship to be rockier terrain than he might have expected.
From tensions over intervention in Syria to threats that the French would derail trade talks before they even began, spats have flared in the nearly 8 months since he's been the US's chief diplomat.
But nothing has weighed more heavily over his dealings with France than the ongoing spying allegations leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/1022/NSA-revelations-give-Monsieur-Kerry-a-rockier-road-in-France
