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Barack Obama: My hope is that given the constructive conversations that we've had today, the joint statements that we will be issuing…

On the recordMarch 31, 2009
My hope is that given the constructive conversations that we've had today, the joint statements that we will be issuing both on reductions of nuclear arsenals as well as a range of other areas of interest, that what we're seeing today is the beginning of new progress in the U.S.-Russian relations.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks Following a Meeting With President Dmitry A. Medvedev of Russia in London

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