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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts)
Sat Sep 26, 2015, 05:04 AM Sep 2015

President Obama to meet with Putin.

Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet at U.N. next week

President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet during next week's gathering of the United Nations General Assembly, a senior administration official said. The official noted the meeting comes "at the request of President Putin."

"Given the situations in Ukraine and Syria, despite our profound differences with Moscow, the President believes that it would be irresponsible not to test whether we can make progress through high-level engagement with the Russians," the official said.

White House officials have repeatedly complained about Russia's recent military buildup in Syria, a move the Kremlin insists is aimed at defeating ISIS. But Obama administration officials suspect Putin is attempting to gain a foothold in the war-torn country should it collapse under the weight of a bloody civil war.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/24/politics/obama-putin-un-syria-russia/

On the heels of Israel betraying the United States by cooperating with Russia in Syria.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/israel-russia-set-up-joint-military-group-to-coordinate-activities-in-syria/

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