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With Ukraine in turmoil, Hagel can't get Russian counterpart to take his calls
Washington Times ^ | 4/25/14 | Maggie Ybarra

Posted on 04/25/2014 1:06:08 PM PDT by Nachum

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been unable to get Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on the phone amid escalating tension near the country’s shared border with Ukraine. Mr. Shoigu announced Thursday that Russia planned to engage in a new series of military exercises near the Ukraine border. The military move, he said, is in response to ongoing NATO training exercises in Poland and the death of at least two pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine. Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters Friday that Mr. Hagel has been trying to communicate with Russian officials but has yet to hear back

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: hagel; russian; shoigu; ukraine
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To: Starboard

It’s important to note that three years is an ETERNITY! There’s ample time for America’s destruction to become irreversible.


21 posted on 04/25/2014 1:51:02 PM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: rarestia

I believe that Obama will step up the pace of his destruction over the next three years. I don’t know if we’ll ever recover from it.


22 posted on 04/25/2014 1:53:41 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Starboard

Sounds as if the US under this cockamamie Administration has amateurishly wandered right up to the brink of war.

My hope is that FR folks use judicious and wise use of their words on FR, at least until we are past what appears to be coming.


23 posted on 04/25/2014 2:04:48 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero

My hope is that FR folks use judicious and wise use of their words on FR

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I would hope that they speak their minds. Speaking after the fact accomplishes little IMO.


24 posted on 04/25/2014 2:14:51 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: Starboard
I would hope that they speak their minds. Speaking after the fact accomplishes little IMO.

Time for speaking our minds on the Internet may be coming to a slowdown or hiatus sooner rather than later. Like the saying goes: "Loose lips sink ships."

R2z
25 posted on 04/25/2014 2:18:22 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: ZULU

The Russian is too busy planning the war.


26 posted on 04/25/2014 2:44:02 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Nachum

He’s probably not allowed to take Hagel’s calls without checking with Putin first.


27 posted on 04/25/2014 3:09:30 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Nachum

Who would want to talk to Chuck Hagel?


28 posted on 04/25/2014 3:14:39 PM PDT by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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Who would want to talk with the dishonest fool, hagel?


29 posted on 04/25/2014 4:27:42 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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