Having approved a unanimous recommendation from his Joint Chiefs of Staff, President Obama announced today a new plan to reduce the threat from Iran’s ballistic missile program. The new plan eliminates a proposal to deploy radar and missile interceptors in the Czech Republic and Poland.
“Our new missile defense architecture in Europe will provide stronger, smarter and swifter defenses of American forces and America’s allies,” Obama said. “It is more comprehensive than the previous program. It deploys capabilities that are proven and cost effective.”
For more details on the new plan, read my colleague Stephen Kaufman’s article on America.gov.
Comments (24)
juda4ever
Location: Zionist Israel is NOT my jewish nation !!!
17 September 2009 at 17:13 EDT
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Their is no threat from any countries.
who is going to attack who . no one is !!!
LOOK AT the job and the economy of all countries. they are all failing. DO NOT WASTE YOUR AND OUR MONEY ON SOME
STUIPD MISSLE .
PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS AND WE ARE WORRIED AOUT SOME STUIPD MISSLE
SHUT UP AND START HELPING EACH OTHER
INSTEAD OF KILLING AND MURDERING EACH OTHER !!!
jews against zionism and zionist Israel !!!
go to http://www.jews against Israel.com
bullwinkle
Location: utah
18 September 2009 at 22:51 EDT
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maybe your just to young to have learned anything or maybe you just don’t care. FREEDOM ALWAYS COMES WITH A PRICE TAG.
bullwinkle
18 September 2009 at 22:54 EDT
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don’t be a blind follower of Obama…when he weakens our postion in the global community…he threatens are security here at home
robert galla
Location: salt lake city utah usa
17 September 2009 at 17:17 EDT
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mr. presdient obama please stop this war in iraq and afganistan and do NOT be like dick cheney or g w bush. bring our troops home back to their family and friends and pray for peace on earth
heavenman
17 September 2009 at 20:10 EDT
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You make yourself the enemy.
The other country makes a weapon if America make an weapon.
The other country throws away a weapon if America throw away a weapon.
A nation throwing away a former weapon is a great nation.
I want the great United States.
bullwinkle
18 September 2009 at 23:03 EDT
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heaven is not attained to by throwing down our weapons but through the shed blood of Jesus Christ on the cross! All throwing our weapons away is going to do is allow our enemies a no struggle entry into America
heavenman
21 September 2009 at 00:02 EDT
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Thank you for your reply.
There are Heaven and a hell in minds of mankind.
If you and I love about your nation and my nation only, the earth become hell.
But If you and I love about all nation and all people in the earth, the earth become heaven.
If dairy cattle drinks water, dairy cattle make milk.
If snake drinks water, snake make poison.
You and I, Mankind must play it of dairy cattle.
Used RVs
Location: USA
18 September 2009 at 05:28 EDT
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This proclamation will definitely create some safeguards for americans as this is again a mandatory thing for protection point of view..!!
http://www.discoverautomobiles.com/rv/rv_type_make.php?TID=Travel%20Trailer
juda4ever
Location: zionist israel is NOT my jewish nation
18 September 2009 at 07:40 EDT
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don’t worry pretty soon americans will bomb americans . good americans will be murdered from bad americans and bad americans will be murdered from good americans. americans will soon throw missle at EACH OTHER americans killing and murdering americans and each other .
NO ONE AND NO COUNTRY WILL NUKE THE
USA !!!
IT IS AMERICAN JOBS AND OUR ECONOMY THAT WILL DESTORY THE USA .
AMERICANS WILL NUKE EACH OTHER !!!
That puts a HUGE HAPPY SMILE on zionist Israel and saudi arabia
bullwinkle
18 September 2009 at 23:10 EDT
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you say that Americans both good and bad will kill each other….HELLO thats happening all over the world in every country since Cain and Abe. Yes we do need jobs in America and there is answers to solve these kind of issues Nuking each other is not even of the list so stop stouting out such trash
bullwinkle
18 September 2009 at 23:16 EDT
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P.S. It not jobs or economy thats taking America down the tubes…..it the people of America who have turned their backs on the God of Heaven to whom this country was founded on….we murder our unborn childern…we allow the sodomites to march in our streets…we have forsaken God…thats whats going to take us down.
r
18 September 2009 at 07:27 EDT
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“On defense plans of the countries”
Let us for a moment think that we have to eliminate the dangers of conflicts that can lead to possible escalations due to the charge of madness for victory that possession of weapons provide at the hands of those who are engaged in the race of development of weapons both of the nature conventional and nuclear; not only that, also with a net work of their sale and distribution in areas aligned wholly or partially in dividing equations that match for the purpose under the defense plans. This is broadly speaking and under that all the strategies evolve of the brain child of weapons because of the legacy of cold war as well as of the hot wars that have already taken place in the past.
The question out of the above that evolves is how to keep the brain child of weapons that comes to be represented at the level of top leadership of the countries to come under wisdom on the basis of equality for true negotiations with a blue print of understanding that eliminates major shadows of the past first and then both unilaterally and universally come to stay or stand at the hands of those who have been major architects as players in the past of weapons. Well that is where the perceptions of concern have to match first under faith and trust for which the omniscience of life stands ready to accept; obviously therefore that points towards inherent realization where energy of its state of energies standing out is ready to come in through the crux as Charisma of the executive personality on it. That consensus is necessary first to establish between or amongst the major powers, a sincere possibility of which is now surfacing because America is seen serious in that respect under its present leadership taking the lead for it in right time that has to run down with a consensual aspect on detection of thefts and deceit centered around it that breaks the unilateral barriers to feed weapons strength to others for economic or otherwise strategic reasons under the balance of power equations floating or otherwise changing hands secretly without a fool proof cover on the intentions of those who are acquiring it both under the subtle sense of enmity and deceit as well as of inherent alignments on it. Besides this, I would only convey that the nucleus of Infinite Seed of life of its already flourishing material power in economic terms requires for sharing in economic terms of friendship under a fool proof seal over the possession of weapons by all of life both at the governing as well as the individual levels of theft through the governing powers staying alive over them and that itself is a gigantic task now requiring to be achieved with all earnestness.
The hot pockets of life that are conflict prone should be seen with a limited purpose on it for settlement without alignment or consensus that are one sided – take for instance Middle East – that should not be any body’s concern really speaking except for the parties that are involved grossly with it. Some times isolation also works where non interference comes to stay as witness state under wisdom? For instance, who can tell Israel or the Arab world what is right or wrong for them? Their wisdom must melt to seek others for sanity as others will only keep blowing their trumpets with no results on their sanity? The same situation applies to war that is being fought in Afghanistan. A period of lull left at the hands of countries concerned can also dramatically change the situation. So, watch and wait policy on it cannot be entirely eliminated through total ceasefire by the foreign forces at the appropriate time because terrorism under it does not have the concept of defeat or victory. All these and many more considerations must be sought to end on the on going wars or ongoing foreign Military presence on ad hoc basis for review of further policy on them where gun for gun stands haunting the legacy of the past being stuck under the might of weapons and manpower. To evolve the basic purpose on peace that reflects well for all others, parties that have been non entity to the ongoing conflicts have also a massive role to play where agitated minds in conflicts have to be fed with charisma and brought to accept peace initially overlooking the hatred they express for a race or community. That is necessary first to drive out the bad air of weapons of their scars that weapons leave behind to heal. Nature’s omniscience has ample material for self healing on it provided it is not seen by the governing designs of the countries in leadership selfishly with a community feeling of sympathy as is mostly seen happening. One requires to assume the role of Doctor of all doctors in sensitive moments swearing by the land sincerely that has to be taken out of its heat for an aggregate that comes to stay for a land as governing strength in democracy or whatever be of its nature of rule reflecting harmony recognized by others as harmony for full support in economic terms with norms on weapons of their danger that keep the ferocious ruling minds playing with those as escapists. That concealed danger definitely requires attention by one and all to prevent accidental situations emerging out of those and that is where perhaps the world of life is most concerned to seal the aspect of it just as Obama has come to express his concern on the defense of neutralizing missile strikes fired. Fears of one from any one are required to be neutralized under the advanced schemes of inspection in pockets that are conflict prone and if Iran is being spotted as such under intelligence surveillance, it should not shy away from it in isolation; on the contrary bring itself with reputation that stands alongside others sharing universal responsibility for it. It was not my intention to mention all this. I have brought myself in because spiritually in Supra mental terms I feel one for all in peace for peace through friendship and dialogue. On that I feel there has to be a secret code of ethics that does not directly hit a nation on its probable shortcomings because that can sometimes agitate the sincere minds of truth on it – just as I see Iran dodging on sharing knowledge on the nuclear issue that is very sensitive for the world rightly so because it stands designed as such to conquer for its right place with right perceptions on it depriving its independence at the hands of those who would otherwise like to remain independent on it with the concept of their (Iran’s) quoting as internal matter whereas globally it is not seen as such now after responsible powers who have been original architects of it also see the same sensitively alive with its open corridors of destruction that have been seeing as such and sustaining with it all along under the mercy of God or Allah – one may believe it or not.
The Infinite seed of life as nucleus has made me convey this out of my pleasure for life because I am in life and I sincerely hope the developed material life of this globe would strive to stand worthy of it on the very well sung song “catch a
r
18 September 2009 at 07:45 EDT
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To complete “catch a falling star and put it in your Pocket and save it for a rainy day”. Thats all.
juda4ever
Location: zionist Israel is NOT my jewish nation !!!
18 September 2009 at 07:46 EDT
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right wing israeli’s zionist jews and right wing moslems both want to see the USA destoryed and they will use americans to do it. americans will destroyed each other .
lewis, danny
Location: arizona usa
18 September 2009 at 07:56 EDT
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I have read so many comments on this obama today site . if you see that most of the comments are also good and favor for obama. look at all the comments before the elections of 2008 and most of the americans and even outside the usa favor obama. we do need a change in the usa.
I also voted for obama to end this war in iraq and end all war on this earth
aaradhya rathore
Location: india
20 September 2009 at 08:50 EDT
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hey MR OBAMA thi is aaradhya n i m frm india well i wanted to say that after these comments i read i felt that you r not too much you are just a perfect president!!!!!!!
bullwinkle
18 September 2009 at 23:28 EDT
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you can keep put your hope in your golden calf but he is not the answer…he be the ruin of this once great nation….it would do you idiots some good to really study just what our founding forefathers received from the Hand of God and passed down to us …The Constitution…we our suppose to have a Constitutional Republic not some Democracy(mob rule). at the end of all this see if your children will be able to ever pay the dept Obama’s making.
Rabbi Abraham Goldberg
Location: Jewish temle of beth in california
22 September 2009 at 16:48 EDT
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please have respect for jews and all .I see you as a hitler bullwinkle . you are a kkk bullwinkle and a nazi bullwinkle.
God bless obama and obama’s family .
I know obama is doing a great / good job.
I will support obama and we must bring a change in america .
GOD BLESS THIS GREAT NATION CALLED AMERICA !!!
Prof.Moses Isaac ODHIAMBO
19 September 2009 at 08:29 EDT
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OBAMA is a thorough going PRESIDENT with first class interpersonal POLITICAL SKILLS; a high-impact integral polity manager of resources - both human and micro-macro-economy POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE - HE has the unique legal political ability of developing and leveraging strategic NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY relationships to drive a high sense of PROTOCOL ORIENTATED RESULTS.
Through this DISCUSSION implosion, I have thought and agonized about these NUCLEAR REARMAMENTS FREE ZONES NEGOTIAION developments deeply from the innermost TECHNOLOGICAL sanctums of my being. I have exercised to the fullest extent every BIOTECHNOLOGICAL faculty of GENETIC GISTS of my senses in an effort to reach a decision that will vindicate if not venerate my struggle for a free, just NUCLEAR FREE-ZONE STATES and fair DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE SOCIETY IN THE WHOLE WORLD WE LIVE IN..
The nuclear radioactive body effect on being is more than the acid effect.
For example:
The Acid throwing circum vitriolage of human abuse in prisons is a form of terrible violent assault of humankind Perpetrators in one form or the other of these attacks throw acid at their victims generally at their faces burning them, and damaging the nice natural skin tissue, often exposing and sometimes dissolving the bones The consequences of these attacks include blindness permanent scarring of the face and body. SO YOU CAN SUMMARIZE THE EFFECT OF RADIOACTIVE RAYS BY YOURSELF. AND SEE WHY WE NEED NUCLEAR FREE ZONE WORLD.
-NUCLEAR REARMAMENT for the WORLD BIODIVERSITY, as WE must indeed know, the question of whether an act or omission is ILLEGAL or NOT is for a WORLD COURT OF PEACE JUSTICE to authoritatively DIALOGUE nicely DECIDE IN PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS WITHOUT HURRY IN TIME DIMENSION OF MAGNITUDE and not for individuals. As for those who have cited moral and other grounds FOR HEALTHY PEACEFUL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, I have listened to them but still resisted to be judged on those grounds — the monopoly of which none of us can claim with a degree of certainty because of the CONSEQUENCES OR REPRECURSSIONS OF ITS DANGER TO HUMANKIND and BIOTECHNOLOGICAL half-life time of the mutagenic disease cycles and lethal viruses around us.
The WAY FORWARD, “how to do it”-Is “Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose”:
-President OBAMA focuses on the excellent SOLUTIONS for the USA people in “CHANGE”-“yes, WE CAN” programs. BELIEVE ME OR NOT THE MODEL OF CAPITALISM NEVER GOES BROKE IF LEGALLY NETWORKED ACCORDING TO NORMAL PRUDENCE OF MERIT LAWS.
.-OBAMA s VISION is to create a better World around with candid HEALTH-CARE both in USA and abroad in good democratic governance policy as his advocacy surroundings will become affected and change due to his positive thoughts and actions. Think of the folks affected by the September-11th OCCURRENCE-the injured, CHILDREN, AGED, CANCEROUS, legs amputated, maimed broken hearts souls counselling rehabilitation, the en-mass inhalation of the most DANGEROUS CARCINOGENIC POLLUTANTS (Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds) from the air and the PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION of chemical and biological toxicological PERSPECTIVES of mutagenic recurring ORGINATES from the industrial effluents from the ACCIDENT SITE. All those affected and to be affected immediately NEED THOROUGH HEALTH-CARE REFORM BILL TO BE VOTED THROUGH AND ENDORSED NOW.
-Usually it is better to make a PROTOCOL DISCUSSION be a FUN -be ATTRACTIVE, DIALOGUER, LISTENER, COMPREHENDER, RESPONSIVE and PENETRATABLE into eye to eye NEGOTIATIONS as it becomes more easier and productive in quick cognitive feedbacks.
-TRY to make the best model for NUCLEAR PROFILERATION NEGOTIATION than our former LEADERS EVER DID . Every one who would like to be sobrely peaceful in the WORLD or stereotypes, whether they want or not. POSITIVE first IMPACT IMPRESSION means a lot in many TECHNOLOGICAL PROTOCOL situations and do have a FINAL SMILING effect through your interaction relationship with your counterpart.
Your Predecessor President G.W. Bush s foreign Policy on HEALTH-CARE was EXCELLENT TO AFRICA now it is your turn to make AFRICA shine over there by the power of the pen DO NOT CHURN IT OFF.
-PROF.MOSES ISAAC ODHIAMBO
Marie Devine
Location: US
19 September 2009 at 21:09 EDT
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This next week at the United Nation etc. President Obama has the opportunity to acknowledge we are missing the greatest power to overcome possible and probable aggressions.
The well meaning efforts of all including the United Nations and great agencies before them have no power to solve aggressions and threats of aggression around the world. There is nothing to govern the human heart to beauty and brotherhood without the belief that God created all and is blessing those that follow His way and destroying those that fight against His ways. The only human rights God has given us are to follow His word and be blessed or choose to ignore and reject them and suffer 4 x 7 curses of Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28 and more. Through all recorded history you will see that fulfilled. You will find believers fighting disbelievers. God guides the hearts and minds to cause His word to be true. It is our greatest security.
God has easy solutions to world problems we created by ignoring His wisdom.
lenworth westcarr
Location: jamaica
20 September 2009 at 22:30 EDT
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i cant understand the great opposition to a vital part of the us economy as health seem so divisive? primarily the republicans considering the debacle of debt the left behind after their tenure.
ice ice
Location: USA the GREATEST nation on earth !!!!
22 September 2009 at 08:50 EDT
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thank you thank you thank you to obama for caneling the third missile site. we need more jobs and education and the money needs to go to back the american people !!!
good job obama. I pray to God for peace
and for our good presdient obama.
WHO'S WATCHING ME
Location: mesa , arizona
22 September 2009 at 08:54 EDT
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obama is giving our money back which cheney / bush STOLE from us good hard working american .
GOD bless you obama and god bless the usa
Jose
Location: the world
2 October 2009 at 04:42 EDT
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When people work together as a whole towards a common goal they progress. When people are selfish they perish. The racism, deep rooted belief that one color of people is superior to another, the avariciousness of certain people will bring the country down. I have lost all my faith in the land of immigrants that the USA IS and WILL ALWAYS BE! If the country goes down it will not be because WE have a black president who is wrongly trying to please everyone when that is NOT possible in any political system / governmental body in the word; it will be because of the fact that people are divided and their greed for power blinds them. So work with our government to make things better for every human being. History is there so we don’t make the same mistake twice: What happened to the once great Roman Empire?