| Russia's President Vladimir Putin has
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| | countries also believe, when he
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| made more harsh comments about the Bush
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| | complained last week about what he
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| administration, accusing it of using what
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| | described as the almost uncontained use
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| he calls a "nonexistent Russian threat"
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| | of U.S. military force.
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| to get more defense spending from
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| | The White House called his remarks
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| Congress.
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| | disappointing.
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| Mr. Putin said during a visit to Jordan
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| | Last week, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert
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| Tuesday that the administration has used
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| | Gates spoke to a congressional committee
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| the "Russian card" to address its
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| | and identified Russia as a potential
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| political problems, including the wars in
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| | threat.
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| Iraq and Afghanistan, and for the
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| | Some information for this report was
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| deployment of a missile defense system.
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| | provided by AP and Reuters.
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| He said he only expressed what many other
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