Saturday, March 19, 2016

Hillary, foreign policy "expert"---Remember this?-----Clinton ‘reset button’ gift to Russian FM gets lost in translation

Clinton ‘reset button’ gift to Russian FM gets lost in translation – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs:
"(CNN) March 6th, 2009- When it comes to Russia, the Obama administration has been talking about “pressing the reset button.”
It’s meant to symbolize a possible new start in U.S./Russian relations, which “crashed” after Russia invaded Georgia last August.
So when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greeted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva Friday before sitting down to their working dinner, she was all smiles when she presented him a small green box with a ribbon.
Lavrov opened it and, inside, there was a red button with the Russian word “peregruzka” printed on it.
"I would like to present you with a little gift that represents what President Obama and Vice President Biden and I have been saying and that is: 'We want to reset our relationship, and so we will do it together.' ...
"We worked hard to get the right Russian word. Do you think we got it?" she asked Lavrov, laughing.
“You got it wrong," said Lavrov, as both diplomats laughed.
“It should be “perezagruzka” [the Russian word for reset]," said Lavrov.
"This says ‘peregruzka,’ which means ‘overcharged.’”"

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