President Obama – Czech Premier: Obama Scrapping Missile Shield (Washington Post)
Czech Premier: Obama Scrapping Missile Shield (Washington Post)
President Obama appears poised to abandon plans for a missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic that had been embraced by the administration of former president George W. Bush and cheered in Eastern Europe, buthad deeply angered Russian leaders.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Obama expected to shelve missile defense plan (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama phoned the Czech prime minister to discuss a controversial missile defense system, a spokesman said Thursday, and Czech media reported that Obama told the premier he will shelve the plan that has so angered Russia.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Obama to Drop Poland, Czech Missile Defense Proposal (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will abandon plans championed by his predecessor George W. Bush to build a missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Pentagon: Obama adjusting European missile shield (USA Today)
The Pentagon says the Obama administration is making a "major adjustment" to a European missile defense plan that has been an irritant in relations with Russia.
Source: www.usatoday.com
Obama scrapping missile shield for Czech, Poland (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama has decided to scrap plans for a U.S. missile defense shield in the Czech Republic and Poland that had deeply angered Russia, the Czech prime minister confirmed Thursday.
Source: news.yahoo.com
