What some saw as a strategic choice for partnership with America seems, for the Kremlin, to have been instead a tactical alliance.

一些人将美俄伙伴关系视作战略选择，然而对于克里姆林宫而言，这不过是一种战术联盟。

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"Obviously,this is a major part of our strategic review as to getting the election behind us, getting a new government that can represent the partnership we're seeking as we move forward,".

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So this is -- the President looks at this as not a political issue, although some here would politicize it, but as an issue of a strategic, vital partnership with Israel, and a matter of national security.

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And on key international issues such as UN sanctions on Iran, a "strategic partnership" with Europe, Georgia's future as an independent conduit for central Asian oil and gas, and a final settlement in Kosovo and the Balkans, European diplomats say Russia's positive cooperation is essential.

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The last time that Prime Minister Singh visited the United States, as part of a wonderful state dinner, we instituted what we termed a strategic partnership that involves all of our ministers at the highest levels working together to try to find ways to enhance commercial ties, security ties, coordination on critical multilateral issues like climate change.

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