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WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland said on Saturday U.S. President-elect Barack Obama had declared he would continue with a missile shield project in eastern Europe, but an Obama aide in Washington said he had given no commitment to deploy the system. Poland and the neighboring Czech Republic have agreed ...
news.yahoo.com - 11/5/2008
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MOSCOW Russia will deploy short-range missiles near Poland
to counter U.S. military plans in Eastern Europe ,...
President Dmitry Medvedev warned Wednesday, setting a combative tone that clashed with global goodwill over Barack Obama 's election. In his ...
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Russia to deploy short-range missiles near Poland - ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 11/8/2008
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US President-elect Barack Obama has not given a
commitment to go ahead with plans to build part...
of a US missile defence system in Poland, an aide says. He was speaking after Polish President Lech Kaczynski's office said a pledge had been made during a ...
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Obama denies Poland missile vow
news.bbc.co.uk - 11/5/2008
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Russia is to deploy new missiles in a
Baltic enclave near Nato member Poland, Russian President Dmitry...
Medvedev says. Short-range Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad region would "neutralise" the planned US anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech ...
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Russia to move missiles to Baltic
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MISSILE DEFENSE IN EUROPE: OBAMA'S INCOMPETENCE IS ALREADY SHOWING - AND ALREADY WEAKENING US AND OUR ALLIES
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
REUTERS: Poland said on Saturday U.S. President-elect Barack Obama had declared he would continue with a missile shield project in eastern Europe, but an Obama aide in Washington said he had given no commitment to deploy the system. Poland and the neighboring Czech Republic have agreed to host elements of the U.S. defense network, designed to protect against missile attacks by what Washington calls "rogue states." ...But a senior Obama foreign policy adviser qualified what the president-elect had been reported ...
BREAKING: Obama aide contradicts Polish statement on defense commitment.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... The United States wants to base 10 interceptor missiles in
Poland plus a radar facility in the neighboring Czech Republic by
2011-2013 to complete a system already in place in the
United States, Greenland and Britain.
Washington says the shield -- endorsed by NATO in
February -- is aimed at fending off potential attacks by
so-called "rogue states" such as Iran, and is in no way aimed at
Russia.
Bolding mine: please note
Denis McDonough's statement in that context.
"President Kaczynski raised ...
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