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To: longnshort who wrote (843380)	3/18/2015 8:56:32 AM
From: Mongo2116	Respond to of 1578548

Vladimir Putin Returns from 10-Day Training of Tom Cotton, Laughs off Rumors Returning to the Kremlin after a mysterious 10-day disappearance, Russian President Vladimir Putin laughed off rumors–regarding his health, a coup, and a lovechild–about his unprecedented absence from view. At a much anticipated press conference, Putin characterized the chatter as “gossip,” and said, “You want to know the true? Okay. I tell you. For last ten days, I was train very, uh, potential American. He’s name Senator Tom Cotton.” Putin then lifted a tarp with a flourish revealing Cotton, standing stone-faced at attention. Kremlin loyalists behind Putin clapped politely. Putin gestured to Cotton, “He writes to me letter in February. Here, I read for you. It say: ‘Dear Mr. Vlad the ImPuter.’ Haha. He make joke. It continue: ‘I am writing to you today, because you may not understand how the NATO alliance works. Article 5 of the NATO Charter, known as the Collective Defense clause, says that we have the choice not to defend a country in the alliance if it gets attacked. The US Senate gets to decide whether America defends it. So, if you attacked a country like, oh I don’t know, Estonia, and President Obama wanted to defend it, we might not defend it. Just wanted to let you know that we might appear to have a united front, but really we don’t.’ “This letter amazing!,” Putin marveled, waving it for the cameras. The former KGB chief described, using finger quotes, how he invited Cotton to come to Russia to “explain” the situation to him in person.