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