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Poland and the US signed an agreement to carry out a missile defense shield despite Russian objections. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton witnessed the signing of the pact, on the occasion she said that the shield will help protect the Polish people and all of Europe, and others from evolving threats like that posed by Iran. Clinton added that the United States was deeply committed to Poland's security and sovereignty. It is pertinent to mention that U.S. President Barack Obama decided last year to scrap a Bush-era plan to deploy a longer-range missile-defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
