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Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

Armstrong and Getty.

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

He's Armstrong and getting.

That's right. I mean, it was interesting to see him kind of walk through his thinking around this meeting, and he's clearly coming into it in a different headspace than he was

the last time the two men sat down. He now acknowledges, at least to some extent, that Putin has strung him along.

He says, know that Putin is the reason that there has been no end to this crisis,

and he acknowledged that he's not sure what's going to come out of this sit down.

I liked her saying that, or I'm happy to hear that.

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