Russia represents significant challenges, as well as opportunities, for the Obama administration.
the downturn in the economy has put some stresses on what we always saw as sort of an implicit bargain between President, now Prime Minister...
Vital to our efforts toward a nuclear-free world is a greater effort from Russia to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran.
You take away that economic growth and prosperity that millions of Russians have been experiencing and he would not be nearly so popular.
Our most time-sensitive agenda item with Russia is the preservation of the START treaty.
We need more of that kind of vision now to rebuild relations with Russia.
We have to make a serious joint effort to move the world in the direction of zero nuclear weapons.
arms-limitation talks offer significant possibilities.
It is not in the interests of the world or them individually for Iran to have a nuclear weapon or capacity.
I think we have a lot to work with here, but we have to be careful that we encourage the good side and don't push Iran back into their fortr...
I think the essence of the regime makes it inclined to be wary of a closer relationship with us because to them we are the Great Satan.