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  • The leaders ' missile-shield agreement was touted as an important victory by officials from the Obama administration, which suffered a setback at its last major effort at summit diplomacy this month at the Group of 20 meeting in Seoul.

    NATO Agrees to Extend Missile Shield Stephen Fidler 2010

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'How Obama Flubbed His Missile Message - The Daily Beast'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'You GO, Ziggy -- “The Bush missile-shield proposal was based on a nonexistent defense technology, designed against a nonexistent threat, and designed to protect West Europeans, who weren\'t asking for the protection.”'

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: How Obama Flubbed His Missile Message - The Daily Beast 2009

  • I hope folks didn't think those were merely empty threats about the so-called 'missile-shield' in poland.

    McCain Camp: Obama "Bizarrely In Sync With Moscow" 2009

  • A senior White House official confirmed Tuesday that Mr. Obama sent his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, a letter about three weeks ago offering to pull back U.S. missile-shield plans in Europe in exchange for Moscow's cooperation in isolating Iran.

    U.S. Willing to Roll Back Missile-Defense Plans in Europe 2009

  • You GO, Ziggy -- “The Bush missile-shield proposal was based on a nonexistent defense technology, designed against a nonexistent threat, and designed to protect West Europeans, who weren't asking for the protection.”

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: How Obama Flubbed His Missile Message - The Daily Beast 2009

  • The White House hopes to work out a framework at that meeting for resolving a number of issues between the two countries, particularly a U. S.-designed missile-shield system to be built in Poland and the Czech Republic.

    Bush, Putin Set to Clash at NATO 2008

  • White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley said the Sochi meeting might not produce an immediate agreement on the missile-shield issue.

    Bush, Putin Set to Clash at NATO 2008

  • President Bush is expected to see departing Russian President Vladimir Putin during a summit next month, where the missile-shield plan is expected to be discussed.

    Cheney Secures Pledges 2008

  • As oil prices soared, so did Russian assertiveness on the world scene — and anger over perceived offenses such as the possibility of further NATO expansion and the missile-shield deal with Poland and the Czech Republic.

    Projections of Power 2008

  • Poland, for example, has sought special security commitments from the U.S. in exchange for its participation in a missile-shield system that Washington wants, but that Russia is resisting.

    Bush Heads to Eastern Europe as Mood Shifts 2008

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