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By David Sessions - Politics DailyVice President Joe Biden visited Warsaw on Wednesday to propose a missile shield compromise with Poland, which expressed displeasure with President Obama's cancellation of a Bush-era missile shield a month ago, the New York Times reports. Poland and several other Eastern European nations had been depending on the shield system as a defense against possible future Russian aggression, while Russia had regarded it as a hostile U.S. infringement on its national security. Biden announced an agreement to place smaller interceptors from the newly reconfigured shield program on Polish soil, which ...
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By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyDuring my years in Europe, the most disappointing sentiment which I have encountered has been the refusal of Europeans to believe that Americans take any actions for altruistic reasons. Of course, the U.S. often acts in its own best-interest. From foreign trade agreements to the Global War on Terror, Americans are not unaware of the benefits of wealth and security we hope to receive. However, Americans are neither shocked by, nor adverse to, appeals to sacrifice our wealth and security for the good of others. The State Department, particularly through USAID, provides billions of dollars in ...
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