White House to Scrap Bush’s Approach to Missile Shield

New York Times by Peter Baker, Nicholas Kulish | Sep. 18, 2009 (News Report)

President Obama announced on Thursday that his administration will scrap former President George W. Bush’s planned missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic and instead deploy a reconfigured system aimed more at intercepting shorter-range Iranian missiles. Full Story »

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Jim Lang
3.9
 by Jim Lang - Sep. 17, 2009

This is a fairly straightforward report on the military and Obama's adminitrations decison to revamp Bush's missile defense system in eastern Europe. In addition to reporting the facts, it reports both Republican and Russian reactions. It refers to Czech and Polish unease but it would have been better to provide some of their specific comments.

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