President Obama tells Putin relations with Russia can improve

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Source: Reuters

President Barack Obama told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that they may not agree on everything but that they had an excellent opportunity to put relations on a much stronger footing.

Putin, at the start of a breakfast meeting with Obama, said Russia was linking hopes for better relations with the United States with Obama.

The U.S. leader said Putin had done extraordinary work as president and prime minister.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5640IZ20090707

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1. omg Pooty Poot is so short

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3. new meets old

very old world

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2. Did he look into Putin's eyes? What did he see?

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5. Reuters is saying Putin didn't have much

eye contact with Pres. Obama

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5640IZ20090707
Putin, looking down and mostly avoiding eye contact with Obama, said there had been periods of greyish mood and confrontation in U.S.-Russia relations but added:

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6. Maybe Pootie, like Bush, don't like black folks too.

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4. Did he see his soul in his eyes like bushie did?

just askin

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7. Obama: U.S., Russia ‘not destined’ to be rivals

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31771695/ns/world_news-europe/
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President believes PM Putin is a ‘man of today,’ White House official says

President Barack Obama, working to drastically reshape U.S. relations with a skeptical Russia, said Tuesday the two countries are not "destined to be antagonists."

"The pursuit of power is no longer a zero-sum game," Obama said, speaking in the Russian capital to graduates of the New Economic School but also hoping to reach the whole nation. "Progress must be shared."

Obama used his speech to further define his view of the United States' place in the world and, specifically, to argue that his country shares compelling interests with Russia.

"Let me be clear: America wants a strong, peaceful and prosperous Russia," he declared.