No Rockets Red Glaring Over Eastern Europe
President Obama speaks out about new missile defense in Europe.
President Obama announced today that he will abandon the European Missile Shield, part of a larger U.S. effort to construct a global anti-ballistic missile system. The missile shield, aimed at stopping incoming nuclear ICBM’s from rogue states like Iran and North Korea (and possibly at deterring a larger attack from Russia) was a key part of the Bush Administration’s defense strategy and relied partially on missile bases in the Czech Republic and Poland. Those bases are off the table now—was this the right move, politically and militarily?
Guest:
Toby Gati, former special assistant to the president & senior director for Russia, Ukraine & Eurasian states at President Clinton’s National Security Council; former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence & Research in the Clinton Administration, from ’93 – ’97
- Patt Morrison for September 17, 2009
- No Rockets Red Glaring Over Eastern Europe
- The Health Care Reform Compromise that No One Likes
- Retail Medical Clinics – Are You Buying It?
- Airline Passenger’s Bill of Rights – You Gotta Let Me Off This Plane!
- Local Washing - When "Buying Local" Isn't Really Local
- Remembering Henry Gibson
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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