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Business/Financial

Polish Minister To Obama: Continue Backing European Missile Defense System

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Monday, November 24th, 2008

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Sikorski Also Urges Strong Support For NATO By Marina Malenic and Dave Ahearn A top Polish official yesterday urged President-elect Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, and his administration to continue plans for installing ballistic missile defense interceptors in his country. "Naturally, we would like to see this project continue," Radoslaw Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, told the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C. The Bush administration signed deals with executive leaders in Poland and the Czech Republic to install the…

Congress

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Army

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