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 WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush and Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Monday defended plans for a missile defense shield fiercely opposed by Russia. At a meeting in the Oval Office, Bush called the missile-defense plan a "symbol of our desire to work for peace and security."
Kaczynski sought to reassure Russia that the program is not aimed at undercutting Moscow.
"It is aimed at defense of our democracies against the countries who might have or already do have nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction," the Polish leader said. "So it is really a defense instrument."
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