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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (7564)2/28/2005 6:55:31 AM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Putin to Bush: 'We Didn't Criticize You When You Fired Those Reporters at CBS'

Blogs for Bush

Newsweek reports that when President Bush confronted Vladimir Putin during their meeting last week about the freedom of the press in Russia, Putin bit back, saying "We didn't criticize you when you fired those reporters at CBS."

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It's not clear how well Putin understands the controversy that led to the dismissal of four CBS journalists over the discredited report on Bush's National Guard service. Yet it's all too clear how Putin sees the relationship between Bush and the American media -- just like his own. Bush's aides have long feared that former KGB officers in Putin's inner circle are painting a twisted picture of U.S. policy. So Bush explained how he had no power to fire American journalists. It made little difference, [Senior White House Correspondent] Wolffe writes.
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But otherwise, things were "positive"...

Posted by Matt

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