Russian Concerns On Missile Defense Linger

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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) - The Bush administration has gone almost as far as it will in accommodating Russian concerns about a U.S. plan to extend a missile defense system into Europe, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.

"I think we've gone pretty far," he said in an interview with reporters on a return flight to Washington. On his European trip, he held a series of defense meetings in which missile defense and Russia's vocal opposition were chief issues.

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Russian Concerns On Missile Defense Linger

"I think we've leaned about as far forward as we can," he said. "We've offered a lot. And my view is, now I want to see some m...

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