VILNIUS – The last time Strobe Talbott visited Vilnius, he was a journalist and there were still fences and sandbags, left over from January 1991, blocking the parliament. Seven years later, in his capacity as U.S. deputy secretary of state, Talbott noted how far and fast Lithuania has progressed and hoped the country's future was more promising than its recent past."Lithuania had a very hard 20th century and it deserves a much better 21st century," said Talbott in Vilnius July 7, before heading north to Riga for the first meeting of the U.S.-Baltic Partnership Commission.After a day of me...
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