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Rice, Polish Counterpart Sign Missile Defense Deal

But American base is decried by Russia

By the Associated Press

Posted Aug 20, 2008 6:56 AM CDT

(AP) – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal today that will put an American missile defense base in Poland, a plan that has provoked increasingly belligerent opposition from Russia. The formal signing comes 6 days after the two countries... Read full story »

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