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Fri 09 Sep 2009Praise and scorn for Obama's decision to scrap missile shield
PRESIDENT BARACK Obama’s decision to scrap George W Bush’s missile defence shield for eastern Europe yesterday won praise from Moscow and was roundly condemned by the Republican opposition.
Mr Obama announced the move in an unscheduled speech broadcast live from the White House, after Czech prime minister Jan Fischer told reporters the US leader had called him after midnight to break the news. The missile defence shield was to have cost up to $8 billion (€5.5 billion) and included a radar station in the Czech Republic and 10 ground-based interceptor (GBI) missiles in Poland.
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