The GOP claim that Obama scrapped a missile defense system as 'a ...

President Obama, who announced in September 2009 that he was scrapping the Bush plan and introducing an alternative, what he called a “European phased adaptive ...

Romney: Obama stopped missile defense shield 'as a gift to Russia'

Putin called Obama's move on the missile defense shield "correct and brave." Bush allies and congressional Republicans thought Obama caved. Sen.

Obama abandons missile defence shield in Europe - The Guardian

Barack Obama has abandoned the controversial Pentagon plan to build a missile defence system in Europe that had long soured relations with Russia.

Obama's Missile Plan Decision: What It Means - NPR

President Obama's decision to abandon plans to deploy a controversial US missile defense system in Europe reverses a major Bush administration initiative.

Republicans condemn Barack Obama's missile decision

Republicans have condemned Barack Obama's decision to scrap a US missile defence shield in Europe as a policy of appeasement that will embolden Russia and Iran.

Obama's Missile Defense Decision: The View From Europe

President Obama's decision to abandon the missile defense systems in Poland and Czech Republic agreed to by his predecessor has created a firestorm of ...

Obama scraps Bush-era Europe missile shield - NBC News

President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped the Bush-era plan for a missile shield to defend Eastern Europe, prompting some Republicans to ...

White House Scraps Bush's Approach to Missile Shield

President Obama on Thursday announced a reconfigured system that won't be based in Poland or the Czech Republic, and will be aimed at ...

Bipartisan Senate concern over Obama decision on defense - The Hill

Senators reacted with bipartisan concern Thursday over the Obama administration's decision to scrap a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, ...

About-face on anti-missile defense - POLITICO

Barack Obama announces the U.S. is shelving Bush-era plans to base an anti-missile defense system in Europe. By Jen DiMascio. 09/17/2009 12:30 ...

President Obama's Missile Defense Policy: A Misguided Legacy

As a candidate, Barack Obama called ballistic missile defense programs “unproven” and vowed to cut them.[1] As President, Barack Obama ...

Why Obama's Decision to Scrap the Proposed "Missile Shield" was ...

To understand why the decision was correct, we need to look at the supposed justifications for the missile defense system. On one hand, the ...

Republicans Unmoved by Obama Administration Pleas for New ...

Under President Barack Obama, the United States has scrapped plans to install missile shield systems in Eastern Europe. Russia has strongly ...

Did Obama flip on whether he would continue to pursue a missile ...

There's no question that Obama changed his position from calling the missile-defense shield in Poland "appropriate" when pressed by O'Reilly in ...

Trump blames Obama as he reluctantly bans F-35 sales to Turkey

... air defense missile system landed in Ankara last week. The law that ... But even Republicans say they aren't sure what the White House is thinking ...

Shortchanging Missile Defense | Representative Republicans ...

Within days of President Obama releasing his fiscal 2016 defense budget this month, Pakistan tested a nuclear-capable Ra'ad short-range missile, ...

Obama Shelves Bush-era Plan for Missile Defense Shield | PBS News

The White House said Thursday that the U.S. will scrap a European missile shield proposed by the Bush administration to thwart the threat of ...

Obama's missile defence flexibility: What could, and should, it mean?

The Obama administration is saying that the missile defence system is not aimed at Russia, but Moscow's worries are not unfounded. No one ...

Thanks, Obama: Tracking the President's Missile Defense Embrace

Obama's embrace of missile defense as a component of foreign policy has led to bipartisan support of an issue that had largely been championed ...

Open Microphone: What's Behind President Obama's Missile ...

Open Microphone: What's Behind President Obama's Missile Defense Comments? ... “After my election I have more flexibility.” These comments have ...