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...nearly a year since that spat, time enough for passions to have cooled somewhat. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden have said they want to press a "reset" button with Russia, while Moscow, for its part, seeks a normal, stable and predictable relationship with the U.S. But neither side knows where and how to start. "Both are trying to figure out what they can get out of the relationship," says Coit Blacker, a Russia expert at Stanford University and former adviser to the Clinton Administration. "There's a lot of head-scratching going...
...Russia won't help much on Iran, Obama will likely tell Medvedev and Putin that America's ties with Ukraine and Georgia are based on shared values - they're both democracies - and strategic interests, including the protection of vital oil and gas supply routes. To underscore that point, Biden plans to visit Kiev and Tbilisi shortly after the President's trip to Moscow. The Vice President's visit, says Blacker, will "demonstrate to the Russians that we have equities in the region." (See pictures of Joe Biden...
Even as Congress struggles with how to pay for health-care reform, the White House keeps doing its best to accentuate the positive. Last week, Vice President Joe Biden hosted the country's three largest hospital trade groups as they announced they will accept $155 billion in Medicare and Medicaid cuts over the next 10 years. It's all part of an inspiring storyline, the idea that everyone is doing their part to make this most ambitious undertaking a reality. But no one actually thinks that the hospitals - or for that matter other key players like pharmaceutical manufacturers or doctors...
...pressured the Administration to take a harder line against Iran, and even left-leaning politicians who once pushed for engagement now say a diplomatic initiative appears unseemly given the accusations of vote-rigging by the Iranian government and the security forces' brutal response to the protests. Vice President Joe Biden's July 5 comment that the U.S. wouldn't stand in the way of an Israeli air strike on Iranian nuclear sites made it sound as if the Administration's message in favor of engagement was slipping. (See pictures of people around the world protesting Iran's election...
...been able to look him in the eye and "get a sense of his soul" • Rahm Emanuel's implication that the White House is willing to cave on the public health care option is sort of disputed by while also being sort of confirmed by • Vice President Biden's gaffe - that is, his accidental blurt of truth - that "we misread how bad the economy was" is disputed by, as is subsequent Biden blurt that the U.S. gave Israel carte blanche to attack Iran • White House press release misspells name...