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Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.
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Departing Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the U.S. should continue to seek opportunities to cooperate with Russia despite the fading options that President Vladimir Putin’s behavior allow.
“I do see areas where we can cooperate, but they are getting narrower and narrower over time,” Carter said in an interview Tuesday. “That’s the trajectory Russia has been on” because “that common ground to work on has been reduced over the last 10 years progressively. That’s just the fact of where we find ourselves now.”