12/15/2008
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"Real pressure on Russia will not come from rhetoric alone--it will come from a unified transatlantic alliance."
"Democratic backsliding in Russia is real and disturbing."
"We can cooperate with our Russian counterparts without pretending to be personal friends and without checking our values at the door."
"I will make clear that we will not accept 'spheres of influence' in Europe."