Title: US: No Desire for Conflict with Russia

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/242/us_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US: No Desire for Conflict with Russia' data-article-id='500'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13208'>U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Monday that economic sanctions are having an effect in answering Russian “aggression” in Ukraine. </span> <span data-start-time='13208' data-end-time='24167'>He also said there is neither a desire for a return to Cold War tensions nor for a new conflict with Russia.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='24167' data-end-time='32438'>Secretary Carter spoke at a conference in Berlin, where he met with Germany’s defense minister. </span> <span data-start-time='32438' data-end-time='42313'>He added that while the West is not looking to be enemies with Russia, it will defend itself if necessary.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='42313' data-end-time='54938'>The U.S. official will travel Tuesday to Estonia for meetings with the defense ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. </span> <span data-start-time='54938' data-end-time='62521'>All three countries were once under the influence of the government in Moscow and the Soviet Union.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/242/lithuania.m4a'><span>Lithuania</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/242/ukraine.m4a'><span>Ukraine</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/242/latvia.m4a'><span>Latvia</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/242/estonia.m4a'><span>Estonia</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=2878 data-hint-location='13208' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/242/mr_carter_said_there_is_no_desire_for_a_new__blank__with_russia.m4a'>Mr. Carter said there is no desire for a new <span class='blank'>conflict</span> with Russia.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='conflict'><div class='choice' 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U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Monday that economic sanctions are having an effect in answering Russian “aggression” in Ukraine. He also said there is neither a desire for a return to Cold War tensions nor for a new conflict with Russia.

Secretary Carter spoke at a conference in Berlin, where he met with Germany’s defense minister. He added that while the West is not looking to be enemies with Russia, it will defend itself if necessary.

The U.S. official will travel Tuesday to Estonia for meetings with the defense ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. All three countries were once under the influence of the government in Moscow and the Soviet Union.

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