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U.S. and Russia Can’t Agree on Whether They Agreed to Coordinate on ISIS

Agree to Disagree?

The secretary of state has been trying to thaw U.S.-Russian relations, but the Kremlin just won’t play ball. Now he says they agreed to work together on ISIS—and Russia is denying it.

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Pool phto by Carolyn Kaster

Did the United States and Russia agree to share intelligence about ISIS? Secretary of State John Kerry insists they did. The Russian foreign minister insists just as strongly they didn’t.

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