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Vladimir Putin NY Times Op Ed On Syria Sparks Outrage

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    Published on Sep 13, 2013

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    "As Russian and U.S.

    officials met Thursday on a potential Syria chemical w

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    Published on Sep 13, 2013

    PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM



    "As Russian and U.S.

    officials met Thursday on a potential Syria chemical weapons solution, many on the Hill where fuming over an op-ed by Vladimir Putin in The New York Times in which the Russian president took President Barack Obama to task for touting American exceptionalism.

    "I almost wanted to vomit," Sen.

    Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said on CNN after reading the piece.

    The op-ed was published just hours before Secretary of State John Kerry was set to meet Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss a proposed agreement for Syria to turn over the country's chemical weapons to international control to be destroyed...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

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