You know something is up when the State Department spokesman Adam Ereli says such a thing in such a manner rather than saying - I don't know any of the details at the moment that I can comment on, etc. Instead the statement is made to seem as if the State Dept is rebuking Bush/Putin.
"Instead the statement is made to seem as if the State Dept is rebuking Bush/Putin."
Indeed, as if the State Dept thinks they run the relationship and not the leaders! ... oh, the 'arrogance' of Bush and Putin to dare confer without going through the State Dept!
Some pinhead bureaucrat heads need to roll!