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Obama Says U.S. Weighing Economic Impact of Russia Sanctions

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President Barack Obama said additional sanctions on Russia would inevitably also hit the economies of the U.S. and Europe.

The U.S. and its allies are looking at Russia’s military, energy and finance industries as possible targets if it moves deeper in Ukraine, he said today in Rome. Work is under way to craft sanctions would be most effective.