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Published 8/21/2008 at WSJ.com: Politics And Policy
The U.S. and Poland signed a deal to put an American missile-defense base on Polish soil. The agreement's stated aim is to protect the U.S. and allies from "rogue states," but the deal sparked threats from Russia.
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