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According to hotel guests, eight pages were found, containing material that appeared to have been prepared by State Department officials
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. (Reuters)
A set of sensitive US State Department documents were left in a public printer at Hotel Captain Cook in Alaska, just miles from the military base where US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their high-stakes summit on Friday.
According to hotel guests, eight pages were found, containing material that appeared to have been prepared by State Department officials.
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The documents included schedules, internal phone numbers of government employees, and even details of the summit luncheon, reported NPR.
One page listed the sequence of meetings between American and Russian delegations, specifying room names inside Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
It also mentioned that Trump intended to present Putin with an “American Bald Eagle Desk Statue.”
Other pages contained names and contact details of three US officials, a list of leaders from both countries, along with phonetic pronunciations of their names, and instructions for a formal lunch described as being “in honour of his excellency Vladimir Putin.”
The final document suggested that a joint press conference between the two leaders would run for an hour, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm local time. In reality, the briefing wrapped up in less than 15 minutes.
The White House has not commented on the apparent security lapse.
The Alaska summit, which lasted three hours, was the first face-to-face engagement between Washington and Moscow since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Notably, after Putin’s meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy is also scheduled to meet the US President in Washington on Monday, with European leaders expected to participate.
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Ronit Singh, Senior Sub-Editor at News18.com, works with the India and Breaking News team. He has a keen focus on Indian politics and aims to cover unexplored angles. Ronit is an alumnus of Christ (Deemed to be… Read More
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