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Obama cancels meeting with Putin amid Snowden tensions
Fox News ^ | August 7, 2013

Posted on 08/07/2013 6:20:39 AM PDT by don-o

n a rare diplomatic snub, President Obama is canceling plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next month.

The decision reflects both U.S. anger over Russia's harboring of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and growing frustration within the Obama administration over what it sees as Moscow's stubbornness on other key issues, including missile defense and human rights.

Obama will still attend the Group of 20 economic summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, but a top White House official said the president had no plans to hold one-on-one talks with Putin while there. Instead of visiting Putin in Moscow, the president will add a stop in Sweden to his early September travel itinerary.

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To: xzins

“The role reversal since USSR days is so disturbing.”

Indeed; it boggles the mind.


121 posted on 08/07/2013 9:41:00 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post))
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To: don-o

zer0 must have been order somewhere else to bow.


122 posted on 08/07/2013 9:43:02 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: dfwgator

I bet he won’t. You have to remember the tens of billions in broadcast money NBC makes for the Olympics...he is not about to gut his best friends and his own personal media outfit. The U.S. will not boycott the games. They never will again. Everything is too p.c. and touchy feely and the athletes stories would flood the papers and the net for months and months killing his approval rating which to Obama is his life’s blood.


123 posted on 08/07/2013 9:44:15 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: don-o
White House statement on Obama’s decision not to meet with Putin
124 posted on 08/07/2013 10:01:16 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Russia may have demanded some tangible, legitimate form of ID.


125 posted on 08/07/2013 10:02:30 AM PDT by South40
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To: Rebelbase

Have to root for Putin here as the good guy.


126 posted on 08/07/2013 10:30:54 AM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: don-o

Maybe Putin told him “We have our own form of NSA. And, believe me, you Kenyen muslim and lover of Reggie, you better not mess with me.”


127 posted on 08/07/2013 10:41:00 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: Joe Boucher

I wonder how pissed Putin would get if Jarrett refused to meet with him.


128 posted on 08/07/2013 10:43:24 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: VerySadAmerican

Rush covered this in his first segment. Played recording of Obama bashing BUSH in 2008 and saying “ I WILL meet with any foreign leader without conditions.”

HA........he tells so many lies he can’t remember them!


129 posted on 08/07/2013 10:52:34 AM PDT by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: pollywog

I caught a bit of Rush - He was talking about the background for Russia outlawing homo advocacy and mentioned their desire to insulate from corrupt Western values.

I thought he kind of fizzled out on that. We export more harmful things that just homo advocacy. Porn, rap music, disrespect for authority, selfishness, a general rejection of the Christian faith..... YMMV.


130 posted on 08/07/2013 11:02:22 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

I thought this would actually save us some money, but he has decided to take his vacation/tour of Switzerland or Sweden or so something. Why can’t the bastard just stay at the White House for a month or two?


131 posted on 08/07/2013 11:04:44 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (sue the DNC for the IRS abuse! Can RICO laws be used against the DNC?)
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To: Vaquero

I’m sure Putin is not losing any sleep over this...


132 posted on 08/07/2013 11:06:23 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: massgopguy

Obama’s trip to Russia (now Sweden or something) and to the G20 will cost more than it costs to send an astronaut to the space station. sad. very sad.


133 posted on 08/07/2013 11:07:41 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (sue the DNC for the IRS abuse! Can RICO laws be used against the DNC?)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

I bet he had a better night sleep knowing he doesn’t have to meet with our boring cretin “I, me, uh” president.


134 posted on 08/07/2013 11:09:06 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (sue the DNC for the IRS abuse! Can RICO laws be used against the DNC?)
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To: don-o

That’ll teach Putin. /s


135 posted on 08/07/2013 11:25:24 AM PDT by Crucial (Tolerance at the expense of equal treatment is the path to tyranny.)
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To: don-o

How’s that reset working!!


136 posted on 08/07/2013 11:28:45 AM PDT by RginTN
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To: don-o; hoosiermama

” Being a Christian first and an American second, I have never totally bought into the “American exceptionalism”. Legalized murder of the unborn is a major factor in that.”

When we no longer have ANY freedom left, (including the right to practice Christianity) or money to pay bills, you might better understand “American exceptionalism”.

You mention all of the bad things we export, like rap music, a coarse culture, abortion, etc. There are primarily tools of the left, NOT the average American.

American exceptionalism pays to feed and clothe poor people all over the world. It gives us the money to evangelize all over the world, too.


137 posted on 08/07/2013 1:06:42 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
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To: Walrus
getting dominated by a real man.

If you phase it like that he might change his mind.

138 posted on 08/07/2013 1:17:35 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (People are idiots.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
Bears repeating:

When we no longer have ANY freedom left, (including the right to practice Christianity) or money to pay bills, you might better understand “American exceptionalism”.

You mention all of the bad things we export, like rap music, a coarse culture, abortion, etc. There are primarily tools of the left, NOT the average American.

American exceptionalism pays to feed and clothe poor people all over the world. It gives us the money to evangelize all over the world, too.

139 posted on 08/07/2013 1:19:31 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (People are idiots.)
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