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Rice, Gates Court Russians on Missile Defense

By Michele Kelemen
Published October 12, 2007 at 1:00 PM PDT
This story was published more than 17 years ago.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with Russian ministers Friday in Moscow.

At the top of the agenda: the U.S. plan to expand its missile defense system to Europe, by installing missiles in Poland and radar in the Czech Republic.

Moscow is fiercely opposed to the plan, saying it threatens Russian security.

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Rice and Gates tried to convince the Russians otherwise at Friday's meeting, but there were few signs of progress.

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Michele Kelemen
Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's diplomatic corps. Her reports can be heard on all NPR News programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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