AP Interview: NATO confident about missile shield

Slobodan Lekic - The Associated Press

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks with the Associated Press at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, April 30, 2012. NATO's top official is vigorously defending the alliance's plan for a shield against ballistic missiles, despite two U.S. reports which cast doubt on project's technical and financial feasibility.

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO's top official on Monday defended the alliance's plan for a shield against ballistic missiles in Europe, insisting the system is on track despite two U.S. reports that describe it as over budget and plagued by technical problems.

Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview with The Associated Press the mil

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