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Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin (left) and Susan Rice (right), U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, surprise South African Ambassador Baso Sangqu (second from right) with "Happy Birthday" before members of the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday, April 21, 2012, to adopt the Syria Observer Mission Resolution, authorizing 300 observers to be sent to Syria. (AP Photo/David Karp)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) holds a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 20, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Geoff Cameron, left, and goalkeeper Tim Howard, both of the United States, react after a successful defense attempt during the friendly soccer match between Russia and United States, in Krasnodar, Russia, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The match ended a 2-2 draw. (AP Photo/Ignat Kozlov)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with members of the Presidential Human Rights Council in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Yuri Kochetkov, Pool)

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Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, from left, Mats Sundin, of Sweden, Joe Sakic, Adam Oates and Pavel Bure, of Russia, pose for a photograph with their rings at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

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Hockey Hall of Fame inductees, from left, Mats Sundin, of Sweden, Joe Sakic, Adam Oates and Pavel Bure, of Russia, pose for a photograph with their rings at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

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** FILE ** Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov (left), President Vladimir Putin (center) and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (bottom right) watch the Victory Day parade in Moscow on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) walks with religious leaders of various denominations at Red Square in Moscow as they go to place flowers at a statue of Minin and Pozharsky, the leaders of a struggle against foreign invaders in 1612, to mark the National Unity Day on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin flies in a motorized hang glider alongside two Siberian white cranes over Russia's Yamal Peninsula on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

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Former United Nations Ambassador John R. Bolton says his major concerns include “the nuclear proliferation issue, as manifested both in Iran and North Korea ... relations with Russia, and the approach to the U.S. intelligence budget,” which is facing a $25 billion cut over the next 10 years. Mr. Bolton is critical of the White House for claiming that the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden last year has diminished his terrorist network. (Associated Press)