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An Argument for Better Relations with Russia
As President Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin concludes, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, argues for improved relations between the U.S. and Russia. In an open letter ahead of the summit, she and other political and cultural leaders called for a shift in U.S.-Russia relations, arguing the danger of nuclear weapons is to great to risk a new Cold War.