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August 31, 2009
U.S. Considers Missile Defense Plans
By Sheila Samples
More than seven months after taking office, President Barack Obama's administration is actively looking into alternatives to the missile defense plans that roiled US-Russian relations under George Bush. As a key indicator of new US thinking, analysts noted no discussion about the Polish and Czech sites took place at a US Army-sponsored missile defense conference in Huntsville, Alabama, earlier this month.
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More than seven months after taking office, President Barack Obama's administration is actively looking into alternatives to the missile defense plans that roiled US-Russian relations under George Bush. As a key indicator of new US thinking, analysts noted no discussion about the Polish and Czech sites took place at a US Army-sponsored missile defense conference in Huntsville, Alabama, earlier this month.Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.