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The State Department's reset button snafu was so delicious that it was a surprise that only NBC decided to assign a reporter to cover it. Andrea Mitchell showed us the meeting between the Secretary of State and the Foreign Minister of Russia "to warm up relations that had nearly frozen into a Cold War during the Bush years." The gift to symbolize a fresh start was a button inscribed with the word reset and its Russian translation. "We worked hard to get the right Russian word," grinned Madame Secretary. "You have got it wrong," the minister replied. Perezaguzka means restart; the button said pereguzka, overcharge. ABC did decide to play the video as a voiceover. CBS did not mention the snafu.
By the time dinner had ended, Mitchell concluded "its was the Sergei and Hillary Show. Lavrov and Rodham Clinton "agreed to work on issues that have divided the two countries for years--nuclear arms reduction, missile defense in eastern Europe, Iran and Afghanistan."
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