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    Can Obama 'Reset' Relations with Russia?

    Barack Obama is in Moscow for a two-day trip, and appears to be on track with his goal of ending the long chill between the US and its former cold war enemy. At a press conference today in Moscow, he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev both said important steps forward had been made.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Sara Terry • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Barack Obama is in Moscow for a two-day trip, and appears to be on track with his goal of ending the long chill between the US and its former cold war enemy. At a press conference today in Moscow, he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev both said important steps forward had been made. They’ve agreed to cut nuclear warheads, a major goal for the first meeting between the two new presidents. But what progress can be made on issues such as NATO expansion and a planned missile defense shield? What role is former President, now Prime Minister Vladmir Putin playing behind the scenes?

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    2 of 3
    Measuring US-Russian Progress at Mending Fences
    1. 0:00Crisis Continues in Honduras
    2. 7:47Can Obama 'Reset' Relations with Russia?You’re reading this
    3. 43:41Robert McNamara, Architect of Vietnam War, Dies at 93
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