LATE EDITION (CNN) : Defense Secretary Robert Gates;
“seems to be holding”
“no more agressive russian action going on”
“Russians still patrolling, no significant fighting going on”
“by the Russians themselves they’ve supported in the past”
“No one should try to force them”
“negotiated between Georgia and them” (Osseta)
“not by Russian military force”
“strange rhetoric coming out of Moscow nowadays”
“already facing serious consequences”
“looking at Russia through a different set of lenses”
“co hearse Russia into a relation ship with the west”
“we have not been successfully”
“strong unfired response to Russia”
G8, world trade, eluding any answer”
“Negotiate on the agenda, still on the table”
Russia “familiar behavior”
Poland “close to an agreement”
missle defence “ridicules, 10 interceptors in Poland”
“where they are placed would not let them defend against Russia”
“old song they are singing”
“loose rhetoric, unnecessary”
better get a handle on the loose rhetoric there”
“Putins word and actions”
“I’m not sure that happened”
“look like he’s still in control”
“that’s my view”
“likely hood of a confrontation with the Russians very small”
“tone of the relation ship has change”
“these actions in Georgia are an aberration not symptomatic”
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