U.S. President Barack Obama will sign a Russian sanctions bill passed by the U.S. Congress but will not yet use the legislation to impose new penalties on Moscow, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Dec. 18.
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President Barack Obama delivers an address to the nation from the Cabinet Room of the White House, on Dec. 17, 2014.