Obama Discusses Russia

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Fri, Aug 9, 2013 (3:39 p.m.)

Responding to critics, President Barack Obama promised on Friday to work with Congress on “appropriate reforms” for the domestic surveillance programs that have stirred criticism at home and abroad. He also said it is time to recalibrate the United States’ relationship with Russia, which is harboring NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden. “It’s not enough for me to have confidence in these programs,” the president declared of NSA domestic intelligence-gathering programs at a White House news conference, one day before his scheduled departure on a weeklong vacation.