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Trump, Pompeo Meet with Russia's Lavrov

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   U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are
   meeting Tuesday in Washington with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
   Lavrov, with the two nuclear powers discussing the possibility of
   extending their last remaining major arms control deal.

   The officials, meeting as Democrats unveiled impeachment charges
   against Trump, also plan to talk about election security and national
   security, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told the Fox Business
   Network.

   "It's incumbent on any American president to try and build
   relationships across the world," Gidley said.

   It is Lavrov's first visit to Washington since May 2017, when Trump was
   first enmeshed in allegations that he cooperated with Russia to help
   him win the 2016 election and was accused of sharing classified
   information with the Russian diplomat at their White House meeting.
   U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller concluded after a lengthy
   investigation that Russia meddled in the election to help Trump win,
   but that there insufficient evidence to prove Trump's campaign
   conspired with Moscow.

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