U.S. and Russia pledge fresh start in relations

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Source: Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States and Russia pledged Friday to rebuild their strained relations and launched a plan to reach agreement on strategic nuclear missiles by the end of the year.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, meeting in Geneva, agreed to find common approaches on Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea.

They discussed areas of disagreement, too, from human rights to Georgia, where Russia fought a short war in 2008 over a breakaway region, and Kosovo, whose independence is recognized by the West but not by Russia.

Clinton said after the meeting it would take time to rebuild the relationship and this would require "more trust, predictability and progress."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/gc07/idUSTRE52522420090306

[Tyler Generation]

1. Clinton is doing a pretty damn good job so far nt

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2. Yah. First time in a long time I have not been unhappy with her.

Who knows, this might be her time.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Helps to have a SoS who doesn't think "the only thing the Russians understand is force." Really.

Condi said that.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. Where IS Kindasleazy lately?

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<<<<<<<<<< Wishful thinking
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Rice, Rumsfeld, Cheney, and all those other war criminals just sorta dropped right off the radar

Where the fuck are they?

I'm SURE they haven't given up their evil goals

I hope they are still all alive when the World finally figures out what they did

It may take decades, or even longer

But the Bush Empire will be equated with Hitler

That's where Prescott (BUSH - imagine that!) pushed his financial powers to help the Nazis during and even AFTER Hitler's reign

Bushes are NOT a nice family . . .

[BooScout]

5. I hate to be critical....

But the State Department needs to get their act together. Clinton gave Lavrov a mocked up button that supposedly said "Reset" in Russian........but the State Department mucked it up and the button actually said "overcharged". It was embarassing. (And before you go jumping on me for pointing this out......I was and still am an avid Clinton supporter).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7930047.stm

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Button gaffe embarrasses Clinton

Russian media have been poking fun at the US secretary of state over a translation error on a gift she presented to her Russian counterpart.

Hillary Clinton gave Sergei Lavrov a mock "reset" button, symbolising US hopes to mend frayed ties with Moscow.

But he said the word the Americans chose, "peregruzka", meant "overloaded" or "overcharged", rather than "reset".

[TheLastMohican]

6. Russian word for "reset" is

Russian word for "reset" is "pereZAgruzka". The devil is in the details.
But funny stuff nevertheless.