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	<title><![CDATA[A New Start for US-Russian Relations]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-cirincione/a-new-start-for-us-russia_b_181859.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The US and Russian presidents released in London today a remarkable <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20756.html">statement</a> that breaks from the stale mumbo jumbo of the past and details an ambitious work plan for a new relationship between the two countries--starting with the goal of a nuclear-free world. </p>

<p>Compare this statement to the <a href="http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060717-2.html">2006 Bush-Putin statement</a>. The latter is almost claustrophobic in its fixation on minor details and export control restraints. Obama and Medvedev pound the reset button, establishing "a substantive agenda for...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-05-02T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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