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Vance defends Witkoff over 'humanitarian' Putin remark

The vice president defended United States envoy Steve Witkoff after Witkoff called Vladimir Putin a humanitarian following a prisoner release. Vance described Witkoff as a diplomat and said he had traveled to Russia to get a job done.
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