Missile Defense Continues To Harm U.S.- Russian Relations

U.S. President Barack Obama (right) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev at the G8 Summit in Deauville, France. Radio Free Europe

For Obama And Medvedev, Some Cold War-Style Frost Over Missile Defense -- L.A. Times

Reporting from Deauville, France - President Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev have a friendship reputed to be so warm that they can go out for hamburgers together, and joke about mutual acquaintances (even if they refuse to say who they are).

The two 40-something lawyers like to point out that they came of age in the Cold War, and then moved beyond it.

But on Thursday, they were reminded of the difficulty of those old battles.

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More News On U.S. - Russian Disagreements Over Missile Defense

Medvedev Uncorks a Stunner on U.S. Missile Defense Shield -- FOX News
Medvedev Says Not Happy With U.S. Missile Defense Response -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Smiles but Little Else as Medvedev Meets Obama -- Moscow Times
US, Russia still split on missile shield -- Boston.com
Obama set for high-stakes missile defense talks -- CBS News
Obama: U.S., Russia To Work On Missile Defense -- Radio Free Europe
Why Missile Defense Talks Will Fail -- Ruslan Pukhov, Moscow Times