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No, Obama Did Not Abandon Poland

Published November 2, 2012 | By Polonium

In the foreign policy debate last week, Governor Mitt Romney repeated an assertion he’s made throughout the campaign: that, in “pulling our missile defense program out” of Poland, President Obama failed to stand by a key NATO ally. This charge is simply untrue. Not only does Obama still plan to deploy missile defenses in Poland, he has done as much, if not more, than his predecessor to bolster the security of U.S. allies in Central and Eastern Europe. Continue reading →

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What’s Inside The CIA’s Polish Prison

Published August 21, 2012 | By Polonium

Out in the Polish countryside by a lake there’s a house surrounded by razor wire. Once, according to Polish prosecutors, used as a secret interrogation site by the CIA. It is now the subject of an official probe, the aim of which is to find out how much the Polish government knew about this covert operation on its own soil, and about the methods used to get confessions and intelligence from suspected al-Qaida members who were kept there. Continue reading →

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Poland to build own missile shield

Published August 8, 2012 | By Polonium

Poland will build its own missile defence shield in the next decade, National Security Bureau head Stanislaw Koziej has told a late-night TV news show.

The comment came amid Poland’s increasing criticism of US President Barack Obama’s 2009 decision to scale back an anti-missile shield that his predecessor George W Bush had planned for Poland and the Czech Republic. Continue reading →

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Polish president accuses Obama of betraying Poland

Published August 6, 2012 | By Polonium

The Polish president has accused Barack Obama of betraying Poland by cancelling a promised missile defence system.

Reflecting Warsaw’s long-standing anger over the 2009 cancellation of a controversial Bush-era anti-ballistic missile system President Bronislaw Komorowski said Poland should build its own missile shield to ensure national defence. Continue reading →

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Polish Defence Minister at NATO Defence Ministers Meeting in Brussels

Published February 3, 2012 | By Polonium

On the first day of the meeting (2nd February) Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak participated in a meeting organised by the US Secretary of Defence Loen Panetta for defence ministers of NATO member states participating in ISAF operation. Among others preparations for the Chicago NATO summit, support for ANSF and NATO presence in Afghanistan after finishing transition process, what, according to the Lisbon summit is planned for 2014, were the subjects of discussion.  Continue reading →

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