White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, April 16, 2015

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015 – 1:04 P.M. EDT

MR. EARNEST:  How are you doing, everybody?  Appreciate the rousing welcome today.  (Laughter.)  Nice to see you all.  We can go straight to your questions. 

Jim, do you want to get us started?

Q    Thank you, Josh.  President Putin today gave a lengthy interview and he says he wants to be treated as an equal partner by the West.  How does the White House view Russia?  Is…