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Lieberman wants Russia tossed out of G-8 - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com - 8/21/2008
Lieberman wants Russia tossed out of G-8 - Yahoo! News
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WARSAW, Poland - Russia should be temporarily kicked out of the Group of Eight and denied entry into the World Trade Organization as punishment for its actions in Georgia, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Thursday. Lieberman spoke in Warsaw after visiting Georgia alongside fellow senator Lindsey Graham , a trip they described as a mission of solidarity with the U.S. ally. They were representing the ...

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Think Progress:  Secretary Of State Lieberman Endorses ‘Dumb’ Plan To Kick Russia Out Of The G-8

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Secretary Of State Lieberman Endorses ‘Dumb’ Plan To Kick Russia Out Of The G-8
Think Progress — ... Today, Lieberman showed exactly what type of diplomacy he’d practice as Secretary of State. Speaking in Poland after a trip to Georgia with fellow McCain ally Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Lieberman proposed kicking Russia out of the G-8: ...

Russia and the G8
Political Animal — RUSSIA AND THE G8.... I really wish they'd stop doing this . "We're not going to let Russia, so soon after the Iron Curtain fell, to again draw a dividing line across Europe," said Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut and close friend of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain. "It is simply unacceptable." [...] "The G-8 should become for a while the G-7 until Russia proves that it is capable of being a law-abiding member of the international community," he said. Look, I'm not about to defend Russia's recent conduct in the Caucuses, but the talk about kicking Russia ...

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