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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 1/28/2009
Breaking: Obama Surrenders to Russia
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Well you have to give him some credit... It took Obama over a week before he surrendered. This is Hope and Change in action. Closing Velocity reported: While the headlines all blare "Russia suspends missile plans in Kaliningrad," the real news is "Why?": Russia has dropped plans to install ...

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The Jawa Report:  Hopey/Changey Scraps Missile Defense Shield In Poland?

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From Russia With Love: Iran Gets Top Air Defense System
pajamasmedia.com - 1/22/2009
From Russia With Love: Iran Gets Top Air Defense System
— pajamasmedia.com — The mullahs will soon be able to protect their nuclear sites against attacks by Israel or the U.S. (more) From Russia With Love: Iran Gets Top Air Defense System

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telegraph.co.uk - 1/28/2009
Russia defence spending soars
— telegraph.co.uk — Russia's defence budget has risen by 34 per cent since last year and its armed forces are being completely overhauled according to the most authoritative survey of global military trends. (more) Russia defence spending soars

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military.com - 2/3/2009
Karzai Claims Defense Deal With Russia
— military.com — KABUL, Afghanistan - Russia is ready to cooperate on defense matters with Afghanistan, the Afghan president said Monday. The announcement coincides with increasingly public tensions between Afghan and Western officials, as well as Russia's heightened ... (more) Karzai Claims Defense Deal With Russia

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Hopey/Changey Scraps Missile Defense Shield In Poland?
The Jawa Report — January 28, 2009 Hopey/Changey Scraps Missile Defense Shield In Poland? Another campaign promise delivered? Russia suspends its missile plans in Kaliningrad. Russia has dropped plans to install missiles near Poland after the Obama administration signaled a change in US attitude to the region, a Moscow military official has reportedly said. The official suggested that Mr Obama's White House had made clear it would not prioritize executing the Bush administration's plan to install a missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic I previously posted on Obama's defense ...

Riotous Ramblings of the Right
Newshoggers.com — ... that Obama seems correctly to be in no hurry to waste money on. Very good news really, even if all it amounts to is both sides sitting on their hands and waiting. Of course, in wingnut logic, not going forward with a provocative missile shield deployment that would trigger a new arms race and bring the world far closer to the brink of nuclear armageddon, and getting the Russians to back off of their own provocative moves as a result, is read somewhat differently. Obama Surrenders to Russia So the Russians backing down from their missile ...

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