guardian.co.uk - 3/4/2009
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Obama's offer to back off missile defence in exchange for help with Iran places the US and Russia on an equal playing field News broke yesterday that US President Barack Obama sent Russian President Dimitry Medvedev a letter suggesting that the US would forego construction of a missile defence ...
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(2009-03-05) — President Barack Obama has reportedly written
another private note to his Russian counterpart offering to...
halt deployment of a defensive nuclear missile shield in Europe, this time in exchange for Russia’s help in dealing ...
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Obama to Drop Shield if Russia Helps with Limbaugh
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foreignpolicy.com - 3/1/2009
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or the Western world, 1929 marked the start
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The Curious Letter to Medvedev
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
I have an op-ed up at Comment is Free: Were Obama serious about exchanging missile defence for Russia's assistance to Iran, he wouldn't have been hinting at the elimination of the programme for the last several months. Rather, he'd be trying to convince the Russians that he actually valued missile defence.
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... .” But the bad news is that the Obama administration is sending out mixed messages that may help the Russian autocratic regime survive. Guardian : Robert Farley on how to read the letter from Obama to Medvedev : This letter is less about missile defence than an effort to “reboot” the relationship between the US and Russia. Through the letter, Obama is conveying a degree of respect for Russia that often appeared missing during the Bush years. Bush’s treatment of Russia on this issue was premised on the notion that the US had the right to construct a missile defence system, ...
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Obama Writes Russia-- Ready to Scrap Europe Missile Plans
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Clinton's 'reset' button: 'Overcharge'
swamppolitics.com 3/16/2009 — by Mark Silva
What's a little humor between Doomsday players?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went for a little joke today about resetting relations with the Russians, but it turned out the joke was on her.
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