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Alaska was once a full-fledged Russian colony. Now it will host a U.S.-Russia summit

Presidents Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska to talk about a costly Russian war involving Crimea, bringing up parallels of the circumstances that led Russia to sell Alaska to the U.S. in the 1800s.

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Greg Myre is a national security correspondent with a focus on the intelligence community, a position that follows his many years as a foreign correspondent covering conflicts around the globe.