security.blogs.cnn.com — By Jill Dougherty In diplomacy, "fail" is a strong word. So when State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland uses it, attention must be paid. Nuland was asked Friday whether it's the administration's official stance that U.N./Arab League special representative Kofi Annan's six-point diplomatic plan for Syria is failing; two senior administration officials said just that at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this week.