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Poland, US Reach Preliminary Deal on Missile Shield (VOA News, 14 August 2008)

U.S. and Polish negotiators have reached a preliminary agreement on deploying a proposed U.S. missile defense system in eastern Europe.

Poland's Under-Secretary of State Andrzej Kremer and U.S. chief negotiator, John Rood, initialed the deal in Warsaw Thursday. [...]

[Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk] said the United States had agreed to Polish demands for greater military cooperation.