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Michael Morell, Evelyn Farkas: Is Russia testing Trump?

By Michael Morell, Evelyn N. Farkas.

Published April 11, 2017 at 11:17 am

Donald Trump protestors holding cardboard cutouts of the U.S. president and Russian President Vladimir Putin join a demonstration outside the Pennsylvania Capitol Building on Dec. 19, 2016 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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This week Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is making his first diplomatic visit to Russia, where he’s likely to press Moscow on its handling of Syria, which he has called “incompetent.”