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US cancels second military exercise with Russia: Gates

by Staff Writers
 Washington (AFP) Aug 14, 2008
 The US military has canceled a second exercise with Russia later this month and will re-examine its ties with Moscow in the wake of the Georgia conflict, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.

"We have canceled our participation in a multi-national naval exercise with Russia that was due to begin tomorrow," Gates told a press briefing at the Pentagon.

"We've also canceled a US-Canadian-Russian exercise, Vigilant Eagle, that was to have begun August 20th," he said.

"In the days and weeks ahead, the Department of Defense will re-examine the entire gamut of our military-to-military activities with Russia and will make changes as necessary and appropriate, depending on Russian actions in the days ahead."

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 Washington (AFP) Aug 13, 2008
 The United States has cancelled a naval exercise with Russia in response to the conflict in Georgia, the Pentagon confirmed Tuesday.
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