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To: puborectalis who wrote (647236)	3/8/2012 12:50:46 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583384

>> Romneycare will be thoroughly exposed in the fall Let me get this straight. Obama's going to run on a platform of abolishing Romneycare? >> romney can't get above 30% in any GOP primary. You've got four people running, any of whom would make a better president than the nitwit currently holding the office. They are all highly qualified, articulate individuals, so much so the electorate can't decide among them. Only one of them will be running against Obama. You should keep that in mind.

To: puborectalis who wrote (647236)	3/8/2012 12:54:07 AM
From: PROLIFE	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583384

Obama To Give Missile Secrets To Russia With Love? Posted 06:56 PM ET Security: A deputy defense secretary tells Congress that the administration is indeed considering giving Moscow sensitive Aegis ballistic missile defense data. We've gone from "trust but verify" to "appease and surrender." Brad Roberts testified before a House Armed Services subcommittee Tuesday that the Obama administration was actively considering giving Moscow classified missile defense data to allay Russian concerns about the capabilities and intent of our proposed ballistic missile defense system based in Europe to guard against missiles launched from Iran. Roberts testified that the administration believes "cooperation could be well-served by some limited sharing of classified information of a certain kind if the proper rules were in place to do that." The Bush administration also sought cooperation on missile defense, he noted. The only thing President George W. Bush wanted to share with the Russians was a heads-up on our plans to deploy long-range, ground-based interceptors, such as those deployed in California and Alaska, in Poland as well as missile defense radar in the Czech Republic. He certainly wasn't offering them data such as the burnout velocity of Raytheon Co.'s Standard Missile-3 interceptors, the centerpiece of our Aegis ballistic missile defense system. When the Russians protested, President Obama scuttled those plans and substituted a more modest, layered defense capable of defending Europe but not the continental U.S. against Iranian missiles. It was one of many concessions Obama has made to Russia as part of pressing the "reset" button in return for nothing but unfulfilled promises of cooperation on Iran. Typical of the way the president has treated loyal allies such as Britain and Israel, the Poles were notified with a midnight phone call in September 2009, the 70th anniversary of their country's invasion by Soviet and German forces, telling them we were pulling the plug. The Russians say our ballistic missile defense is really targeted against them, which is nonsense. It would take more robust systems and widespread deployment to pose such a threat. They are rearming, having recently deployed their Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, and want us as weak as possible. At one point, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergey vanov even proposed that Russia be given a "red-button veto" over any use of a European-based missile defense. "In practical terms," he said, "that means our office will sit, for example, in Brussels and agree on a red-button push to start an anti-missile," and that he would decide whether we would shoot down a missile launched against us or our allies news.investors.com