Kerry to miss deadline for decision on whether IS atrocities are genocide: U.S. official

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"We are informing Congress today that we're not going to make that deadline," State Department spokesman Mark Toner told a news briefing.

"We certainly respect the deadlines that Congress lays down on specific reports, or in this case decisions about genocide," he said. "However, we also take the process very seriously. And so if we need additional time ... in order to reach a more fact-based, evidence-based decision, we're going to ... ask for extra time."

(Reporting by Arshad Mohammed and David Alexander; Editing by Eric Beech)

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