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Russian Welcomes Letter From Obama

Mar. 3, 2009
President Dmitri A. Medvedev said that Russia was open to United States overtures on its proposed missile defense plan.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler