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State Department denies missing Russia sanctions deadline

By Joel Gehrke
Published February 1, 2018 9:59pm ET
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State Department denies missing Russia sanctions deadline
"January 29 was the start date for this," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters. "It was not a deadline to impose new sanctions on Russia." | (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

U.S. officials have not missed a deadline to impose new sanctions on Russian defense and intelligence industries, the State Department maintained Thursday.

“January 29 was the start date for this,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters. “It was not a deadline to impose new sanctions on Russia.”

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