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Search results for "Poland says 'no' to sending Patriot missile launcher to help US fight Iran"

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Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2009 in a White House announcement:
On whether he would put a missile shield in Poland.
By Robert Farley• September 22, 2009
Donald Trump stated on March 09, 2026 in a press conference:
Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2026
Dick Cheney stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"At the mere request from Putin, President Obama withdrew the plans for a missile defense program based in Poland and the Czech Republic."  
By Jon Greenberg• May 19, 2014
Facebook posts stated on January 07, 2020 in a video:
Says a video shows Iranian rockets being launched toward a U.S. air base in Iraq.
By Daniel Funke• January 8, 2020
Mitt Romney stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia."
By Katie Sanders• March 23, 2014
Facebook posts stated on October 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Joe Biden confirms WW3 live on TV.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2023
Dick Cheney stated on October 21, 2009 in a speech to the Center for Security Policy:
The Obama administration notified Poland and the Czech Republic about cancellation of major missile-defense facilities "at the last minute in midnight phone calls."
By Louis Jacobson• October 23, 2009
Barack Obama stated on September 06, 2012 in a convention speech:
Says Romney called Russia our No. 1 enemy.
By Molly Moorhead• September 7, 2012
Eric Johnson stated on March 26, 2012 in a Twitter post:
"Obama tells Russia that he'll turn over America's defense system to them if re-elected."
By Eric Stirgus• April 2, 2012
Chain email stated on June 19, 2014 in a chain email.:
Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine voted "to let the U.N. take OUR guns."
By Nancy Madsen• June 15, 2014
Kellyanne Conway stated on February 02, 2017 in There was no massacre:
"Two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. … It didn't get covered"
By Steve Contorno, Louis Jacobson• February 3, 2017
Barack Obama stated on October 22, 2012 in a presidential debate:
"A few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia."
By Molly Moorhead• October 23, 2012
Peter King stated on September 21, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"In 2011, (the Islamic State) attempted to attack Fort Knox."
By Steve Contorno• September 23, 2014
Hillary Clinton stated on September 09, 2016 in a television ad:
Says New START, passed while Clinton was secretary of state, is a "treaty cutting Russia’s nuclear arms."
By Lauren Carroll• September 21, 2016
Instagram posts stated on October 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Biden is “funding every angle” of the Israel-Hamas war.
By Jeff Cercone• October 13, 2023
Terry McAuliffe stated on August 23, 2013 in a tweet.:
Says Ken Cuccinelli supported a law that could allow people to carry missile launchers into airports.
By Nancy Madsen• September 3, 2013
Joe Manchin stated on October 21, 2010 in a campaign Web ad:
Says John Raese said he wants "1,000 laser systems put in the sky, and we need it right now."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 31, 2010
Tim Kaine stated on October 04, 2016 in the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.:
Says Hillary Clinton "went toe-to-toe with Russia as secretary of state to do the New START agreement to reduce Russia's nuclear stockpile."
By Lauren Carroll• October 6, 2016
Alan Grayson stated on September 07, 2013 in an interview with the "Washington Post":
In the event of a U.S. strike on Syria, "the Russians will replace the weapons immediately. They’ve said it on the record. They’ve suggested they might even replace it with better stuff."
By Louis Jacobson• September 11, 2013
Greg Abbott stated on December 13, 2016 in a tweet:
Says an arms control treaty supported by Barack Obama "could give the U.N. some authority to regulate guns."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 22, 2016

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