Obama Made 'No Commitment' On Missile Shield - Aide
Earlier, a statement from Polish President Lech Kaczynski after the two men spoke by telephone said Obama had said he would go ahead with plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe despite threats from Russia.
But Obama foreign policy adviser Dennis McDonough said Obama had given no such clear-cut undertaking on the controversial program.
(The) "president-elect had a good conversation with the Polish president and the Polish prime minister about the important U.S.-Poland alliance," McDonough said in a statement.
"President Kaczynski raised missile defense but President-elect Obama made no commitment on it.
"His position is as it was throughout the campaign, that he supports deploying a missile defense system when the technology is proved to be workable."
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November 08, 2008 12:49 ET (17:49 GMT)
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