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femmocrat

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14. The article goes on to say that he will discuss it at the G-8 and put more pressure on Putin.

Reply to rastaone (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 07:09 PM

Jun 2013

I guess we will see what happens. I'm just glad that Obama is as deliberate as he is and not trigger-happy like bush/cheney.

I don't think there is much hope for Putin to be the cautious one though.

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