(Source: President of the United States) The White House Office of the Press Secretary James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:04 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: How are you doing, everybody? Appreciate the rousing welcome today. (Laughter.) Nice to see you all. We can go straight to your questions. Jim, do you want to get us started? Q Thank you, Josh. President Putin today gave a lengthy interview and he says he wants to be treated as an equal partner by the West. How does the White House view Russia? Is it an equal partner? The President once dismissed Russia as a regional power. I'm wondering if that's the kind of, perhaps, dismissive view of Russia that Putin has taken to heart. MR. EARNEST: Well,...
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