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Clinton: 'Reset' Relations With Russia

But US won't forget all our differences with Moscow

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 6, 2009 8:50 AM CST

(Newser) – Ahead of her meeting today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Hillary Clinton advocated a thaw in relations with Russia, an approach a bit less "confrontational" than her predecessors. "We're going to press the reset button," she told the BBC at an... Read full story »

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