ore than 100 in the coming days. A full team of 300
is expected by the end of the month to oversee a cease-fire
intended to allow for talks on a political solution to the conflict.___Associated
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iser Tom Donilon was informed of it when he visited Putin and
other Russian officials in Moscow last week.There was no immediate confirmation of
the change in plans from the Kremlin.Putin took power this week, returning
after six years to a post he had previously held for two
terms. He made sharp criticism of the United States a central theme
in his election, but it is not clear whether he will pull
back from cooperation with the United States in several areas begun by
former President Medvedev."The two presidents reiterated their interest in the sustained high-level
dialogue that has characterized the reset of relations and the substantial progress
of the last three years," since Obama took office, the White House
said in a statement outlining the phone call Wednesday.The statement listed several
areas of cooperation such as nuclear security and nonproliferation, the war in
Afghanistan and Russian membership in the World Trade Organization. It did not
mentio
e dinner is expected to raise close to $15 million -- about
$6 million from the guests and the rest from a campaign contest
for small-dollar donors, the winners of which get to participate in the
dinner. It is an unprecedented amount for a single event. And it
means that in one single evening the Obama camp and the Democratic
Party will collect more than Romney has amassed in his best single
month of fundraising.Obama, in newly aired excerpts of his ABC News interview
on gay marriage, said he'd already "made a decision that we were
going to probably take this position before the election and before the
convention."As to why Obama decided to make the announcement Wednesday, he suggested
Vice President Biden's comments over the weekend in support of gay marriage
nudged him."He probably got out a little bit over his skis," Obama
said.He added: "Would I have preferred to have done this in my
own way, in my own terms without, I think, there being a
lot of notice
