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voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/8/2009
Biden to Reassure Allies on Trip to Eastern Europe
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By Scott Wilson and Michael A. Fletcher Vice President Biden will travel to Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic this month on a mission that appears in part designed to reassure worried allies of U.S. resolve. Biden's four-day trip, scheduled to begin Oct. 20, will take the first high-level ...
The Republican Who Deceived Obama Into Thinking Bipartisanship Could Work
newshoggers.com - 10/3/2009
The Republican Who Deceived Obama Into Thinking Bipartisanship Could Work
— newshoggers.com — By Russ Wellen THE DEPROLIFERATOR -- Blame it on Dick Lugar. He provided Barack Obama with living... proof that a Republican could work towards a bipartisan end with a Democrat. The most senior senator of his party, he's the last of a dying breed -- a Republican who's both willing to meet the ... (more) The Republican Who Deceived Obama Into Thinking ...

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Obama Gave Away SDI to the Russians for This?
harrisonprice.com - 10/15/2009
Obama Gave Away SDI to the Russians for This?
— harrisonprice.com — Obama Doctrine Assuming both parties are equal, the purpose of negotiation is to give something away to... get something in return. That thing can be tangible like a contract to build fighter planes or something intangible like a promise to order fighter planes. Usually the tangible thing is ... (more) Obama Gave Away SDI to the Russians for This?

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Roman Polanski: ‘Let’s Burn This Witch’ – Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
themoderatevoice.com - 10/14/2009
Roman Polanski: ‘Let’s Burn This Witch’ – Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
— themoderatevoice.com — Roman Polanski and his victim, Samantha Geimer, as she looked as a thirteen-year-old in 1977. One of... the interesting side effects of the arrest of film director Roman Polanski is the soul-searching it has set off in the other countries that claim him as one of their own – in this ... (more) Roman Polanski: ‘Let’s Burn This Witch’ – Gazeta ...

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Weekly Standard Blog:  White House Still Clinging to Missile Defense Myths

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White House Still Clinging to Missile Defense Myths
Weekly Standard Blog — Here's a strange bit of logic from the White House spokesman (who never really understood missile defense in the first place): Gibbs said the Polish, Czech and Romanian governments support Obama's decision, which he said would deploy "a missile defense system that protects a greater geographic area and addresses much more directly the threat that exists in the here and now rather than something that was technologically a ways off." I would be most interested to hear how stripping the ground based mid-course interceptor from Poland ...

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