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Rosh Hashanah, which quite sensibly begins the New Year with the onset of autumn, starts at sunset this evening. Happy 5774 to those who will be celebrating, and may everyone’s year be as sweet as apples dipped in honey!
President Obama is setting off, by way of Stockholm, for the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, where he is scheduled to meet with human rights activists. President Putin did a snarky AP interview, via NYMag:
… Putin said he felt sorry that President Barack Obama canceled a one-on-one meeting in Moscow that was supposed to have happened before the summit. But he expressed hope the two would have serious discussions about Syria and other issues in St. Petersburg.
“President Obama hasn’t been elected by the American people in order to be pleasant to Russia. And your humble servant hasn’t been elected by the people of Russia to be pleasant to someone either,” he said of their relationship….
What else is on today’s agenda?
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