Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a bilateral meeting with President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Group of 20 Summit in June 2012 in Los Cabos, Mexico. “Don’t appear too eager to work together,” Clinton urged President Obama, according to her recollection of the note in her 2014 memoir. (Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)The ‘reset’ buttonClinton’s strong views about Putin predated her arrival at Foggy Bottom in 2009 as Obama’s first secretary of state. Former State Department and White House officials who attended early strategy meetings said that Clinton ultimately agreed with the approach. Opposition parties “heard the signal, and with the support of the U.S. State Department began active work,” Putin said.

Source: Washington Post November 03, 2016 18:03 UTC