afp.google.com - 11/8/2008
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Obama makes 'no commitment' on missile shield 3 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP) Barack Obama has made no commitment that a missile defense shield in eastern Europe will go ahead, an advisor to the president-elect said Saturday, in apparent contradiction of statements by Poland. Earlier, a statement ...
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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news.bbc.co.uk —
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
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MISSILE DEFENSE IN EUROPE: OBAMA'S INCOMPETENCE IS ALREADY SHOWING - AND ALREADY WEAKENING US AND OUR ALLIES
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... adviser qualified what the president-elect had been reported as saying in his talk with the Polish president. "President Kaczynski raised missile defense, but President-elect Obama made no commitment on it," Denis McDonough told Reuters. "His position is as it was throughout the campaign -- that he supports deploying a missile defense system when the technology is proved to be workable," the adviser added. AFP: Washington says the shield -- endorsed by NATO in February -- is ...
BREAKING: Obama aide contradicts Polish statement on defense commitment.
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well.
Obama
denies Poland missile vow
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 phone conversation between the
two men.
But Mr Obama's foreign policy adviser, Denis McDonough, denied
this.
More via the AFP:
The statement by President Kaczynski appeared to put a different
spin ...
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