Tuesday, March 3, 2009

President Obama Proposes To The Russians The Giving Up Of Missile Defense In Europe

A U.S. defensive missile launches from the Pacific Missile Range in 2008.
Photo from Radio Free Europe


Russia Says Obama Letter Has Nothing Concrete -- Reuters

MADRID (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has received a letter from U.S. President Barack Obama, Medvedev's spokeswoman said on Tuesday after being asked about a report in the New York Times.

"We have received this letter. It was in fact a reply to a letter from Medvedev sent to Obama after his appointment. The letter contained an assessment of the situation, but there were no concrete proposals about any mutually binding decisions," Natalya Timakova told reporters during a visit by Medvedev to Spain.

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More News On President Obama's Deal To Barter Missile Defense With The Russians

Officials: Obama Letter to Moscow Floated Trade-Off on Missile Defense -- FOX News
Russia rejects link between missile defence and Iran - Update -- Earthtimes
'Not productive' to link US missile defense, Iran in talks: Medvedev -- Breitbart/AFP
Russian president to face questions over US letter -- International Herald Tribune
Barack Obama offers to scrap US missile defence system in secret letter to Russia -- The Telegraph
Obama hints missile shield flexibility to Moscow -- Yahoo News/AP
U.S. Offers To Abandon Missile-Defense Plans -- Radio Free Europe
What Washington Wants From Moscow in Exchange for Missile Defence -- Gazeta Wyborcza
Obama Offered Deal to Russia in Secret Letter -- New York Times

My Comment: So much for keeping all of this secret. What the Russian Government did was essentially laugh at the letter .... and leak their response to the media.

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