Obama has more flexibility

Remember when President Obama was heard on a live microphone assuring out-going Russian President Medvedev in a private aside that he would have “more flexibility” to negotiate on missile defense after the November presidential election? Well, he has kept that promise. Tom Maguire writes,

Russian officials here have so far declined to comment on the announcement, which was made in Washington on Friday by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as part of a plan to deploy additional ballistic missile interceptors to counter North Korea. The cancellation of some European-based defenses will allow resources to be shifted to protect against North Korea.

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