McCain: 'Waste no time' on missile shield: "The United States and its NATO allies must move forward with developing and deploying a missile shield to protect Europe, with or without Russian cooperation, senior US Senator John McCain said Monday.
'The United States and NATO should waste no time in continuing to develop and deploy the missile defense systems in Europe necessary for our common security -- with Russian cooperation if possible but without it if necessary,' he said in a statement.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged after a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Portugal to work with the alliance on a missile defense system for Europe but insisted Moscow must be an 'absolutely equal' partner."
