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Obama adviser: No Obama commitment on defense shield

 

Published 11/8/2008 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

President-elect Obama spoke recently with the president of Poland. (CNN) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has made "no commitment" to plans for a missile defense program in eastern Europe, despite a report on Polish president's Web site, an Obama adviser said Saturday. Obama spoke to President Lech Kaczynki over the phone about continuing military and political cooperation [...] (link)

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