NEWSMAX / BLOOMBERG: Defense Secretary Ashton Carter termed Russian President Vladimir Putin a “malign influence” in Eastern Europe and said the Russian leader’s vow to expand Moscow’s cache of nuclear missiles was “loose rhetoric.”
Amid continuing tensions over the conflict in Ukraine, the U.S. will “keep the door open” for Russia to choose better relations, Carter said, something he indicated was a long shot in remarks to reporters aboard his Pentagon jet on Sunday…
Carter spoke at the start of a week-long trip to Europe intended to highlight NATO’s efforts to adapt to a new- generation Russian threat… (more)
