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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
The proposition that we have tried to make to President Medvedev and other Russian Government officials is that we want to make our bilateral relationship between the United States and Russia more important geopolitically to Moscow and more important over the long term economically to Moscow.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Menendez emphasizes the importance of U.S.-Russia relations for geopolitical and economic reasons.

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