I have to be honest and say that I honestly wasn't informed enough before to know if this is normal behavior for the President elect before the inaguration. Is he already supposed to be talking and negoating with other head of states?
"Obama not committed to missile shield, aide says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has made "no commitment" to plans for a missile defense program in eastern Europe, despite a report to the contrary on Polish President Lech Kaczynski's Web site, an Obama adviser said Saturday. Russia is infuriated by Bush administration plans for the missile-defense installation, which includes basing missile interceptors in Poland. Obama spoke to President Lech Kaczynski over the phone about continuing military and political cooperation between the two countries and possibly meeting in person soon, both sides said.
Obama "had a good conversation with the Polish president and the Polish prime minister about the important U.S.-Poland alliance," said Denis McDonough, Obama's senior foreign policy adviser.
However, Kaczynski's office says on its Web site that during the same conversation, Obama told Kaczynski that he intends to continue plans for a missile shield in eastern Europe."
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/08/obama.us.poland.missile.shield/index.htmlHeather
