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Posted on 07/02/2009 4:50:39 PM PDT by EagleUSA
WASHINGTON – Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.
On next week's trip, Obama will meet not only with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev but with Putin, the prime minister who hand-picked Medvedev as his successor. Said Obama: "I think that it's important that even as we move forward with President Medvedev that Putin understand that the old Cold War approaches to U.S.-Russian relations is outdated. ... Putin has one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new."
In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Obama also:
• Said he could see abandoning his own proposal to indefinitely hold some terror detainees _"it gives me great pause" — and said he would not be comfortable ordering such a disposition for Guantanamo Bay prisoners without congressional action.
• In light of recent Supreme Court cases dealing with highly charged questions about the nation's racial progress, said the high court was "moving the ball" away from affirmative action but noted the justices had not foreclosed the continued use of racial preferences in hiring and college admissions, which he said he supports in some circumstances. In any case he said affirmative action is neither the panacea — nor the problem — that it's often made out to be.
• With most experts in agreement that there's a good chance Iran could have a usable nuclear bomb sometime during his presidency, he said, "I'm not reconciled with that."
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Putin tells Obama: Fold these shirts.
Obama’s getting TOUGH with those Russians!!!
/sarcasm
Dear Mr. President: I have some great Louisiana swamp land I’d like to sell you. It would be a great location for a retirement home for demented Congress persons (gender sensitive, ain’t I?).
“Hahahha”
- Putin’s response
“Putin tells Obama: Fold these shirts.”
CORRECTION:
Putin tells Obama: Fold these shirts, useful idiot”
no he is reporting to his bosses
You win. ;>)
OBAMADORK hasn’t been told yet that PUTIN is still the CEO and The Chairman of The Board! and that PUTIN knows every slimmy detail about this Dork’s Putrid Past! Shoulld be a really gross Picture to watch next week as PUTIN flays the DORK in Public! It AIN’T GONNA BE PRETTY! :-)
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