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Mon 11 Nov 2008Obama staff says no position taken on missile shield
PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama made no commitment on a planned US missile defence system in Europe during a conversation with Polish president Lech Kaczynski this weekend, despite reports in Warsaw that he intended to press ahead with the shield, his office has said.
During another round of phone calls with world leaders, Mr Obama also spoke with President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and President Hu Jintao of China, as well as Spanish prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
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