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President Barack Obama says reducing Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons lessens the need for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe but he has offered no “quid pro quo” on the matter with Russia.
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President Barack Obama has written to his Russian counterpart suggesting U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe might be unnecessary if Moscow helped...
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AP, Washington
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AP, London
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AP, Goodyear
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AP, Las Vegas
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AP, Nice
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AP, Nice
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AP, Tallinn
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AP, Washington
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