Beyond the verbal jousting, Presidents Obama and Vladimir V. Putin played diplomatic poker, each trying to maneuver the other into shifting his position on Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad.
New York Times: Obama and Putin clash at UN on crisis in Middle East
US President Barack Obama(C) toasts with Russian President Vladimir Putin(L) during a luncheon hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sept. 28, 2015 at the UN in New York.
