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02/ 04/ 2009
..."We had a talk on this issue with the U.S. president. At a minimum I can say that today the U.S. has a desire to listen to our argument. They are not trying to cut off [talks] and say that the decision has already been made," Medvedev said in a speech at the London School of Economics....
Mr Obama 'did not make any promises concerning the anti-missile shield', a spokesman for the Polish president said Photo: AP
Barack Obama throws US missile shield into doubt (click here)
The construction of a US missile shield in Europe has been thrown into doubt after Poland said that President-Elect Barack Obama had failed to commit himself to the project.
By Matthew Day in Warsaw and Alex Spillius in Washington
Last Updated: 9:54AM GMT 11 Nov 2008
Officials in Warsaw said that after a conversation between President Lech Kaczynski and Mr Obama, they believe that the chances of the controversial project going ahead now stood at no more than "over 50 per cent"....
President Medvedev 'gets it.' He is well spoken in his understanding of the global fiscal crisis. Nice. I believe he and President Obama will prove to be good partners in seeking to secure the future of generations. I have a great deal of hope for the relations between the USA and Russia.
