PBS NewsHour

News Wrap: Putin vows West won’t ‘defang’ Russia

Clip: 12/18/2014 | 2m 54s

In our news wrap Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence that his nation’s economy and currency would recover in the next two years and vowed that the West would never “defang” Russia. Also, Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told The Wall Street Journal that recent airstrikes have killed senior leadership in the Islamic State group.

Aired: 12/18/14

Expired: 12/31/69

Rating: NR

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