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U.S. President Obama and Russian President Medvedev meet in Moscow

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) and U.S. President Barack Obama speak as Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Nikolai Makarov, Chief of the Russian General Staff, sign documents in the Kremlin in Moscow on July 6, 2009. (UPI Photo/Stringer)

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