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Welcoming Vladimir Putin to Washington

• President Trump plans to invite the Russian president to America this fall, the White House said on Thursday, even as the U.S. military and diplomatic corps were wondering what was said when the two leaders met one-on-one this week.

However, Mr. Trump rejected a proposal made by Mr. Putin during the meeting for Russia to question American citizens, including a former ambassador to Moscow, in return for giving the U.S. access to 12 Russians indicted on charges of trying to sabotage the 2016 election. On Monday, Mr. Trump had called that an “incredible offer.”

The one American other than Mr. Trump who knows everything said at the summit meeting is a State Department interpreter, Marina Gross, who works under a confidentiality code similar to lawyer-client privilege. On Thursday, Republicans voted down a request to subpoena testimony from her.