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Clinton Calls Russia A 'Great Power' After Biden's Earlier, Harsher Remarks -- L.A. Times
The secretary of State seeks to calm Moscow after Vice President Biden's recent comments that the country is badly damaged economically and its leadership is clinging to the past.
Reporting from Washington -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that the Obama administration viewed Russia as a "great power," despite Vice President Joe Biden's observations that the former rival nation was saddled with deepening economic problems and backward-looking leadership.
Clinton, seeking to take the edge off Biden's recent remarks, acknowledged that the longtime adversaries had problems with each other's policies. "They have questions about our policies and we have questions about some of theirs," she said in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."
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My Comment: The damage has already been done .... but someone still had to go out to backtrack Vice President Biden's remarks.
The Russian media is not amused .... and are all but ignoring Secretary of State Clinton's remarks.
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