Obama explains missile defense decision

President Barack Obama explains why he canceled the missile shield plan for eastern Europe.

The missile shield was supposedly to protect Poland and neighboring companies from Iranian missiles, but it was causing a lot of friction with Russia.

There will still be a defense system against the unlikely possibility that Iran should launch a ballistic missile at Europe. This system will be more based on sea using current interceptors to shoot down short range missiles.

Obama, Medvedev hold press conference

Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama appeared in a joint press conference after their meeting in Moscow today.

They announced an agreement between the United States and Russia on cooperation in Afghanistan.

The two leaders talked about the situation in Georgia in which Obama says there were differences, but that the leaders agreed that the situation should be resolved peacefully.

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Obama set for week-long foreign jaunt

President Barack Obama is ready to leave for a trip to Russia, among other countries, where he is expected to talk with Russian leaders, Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, about arms control, climate change and other issues.

Prior to taking office, Russia and the U.S. appeared on a path to a new cold war with tensions heating up over a planned U.S. "defense shield" in Eastern Europe, and a Russian military intervention in Georgia. However, things appear to have cooled off with the advent of the Obama administration.

The U.S. president will also take part in a G-8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy, and will meet separately with Pope Benedict XVI. He will also visit Ghana in his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since coming to office.

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