http://clipmarks.com/clipper/TJColatrella/date/2008/4/1/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/TJColatrella/date/2008/4/1/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/32B68C24-F0FD-492E-981B-986B5B57F4CC/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/TJColatrella/">TJColatrella</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/world/europe/02prexy.html" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/world/europe/02prexy.html">www.nytimes.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Germany and other NATO allies have indicated they would oppose invitations for Ukraine and Georgia, and France joined them on Tuesday, citing the fear of upsetting relations with Russia.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Mr. Bush dismissed as “a misperception” reports suggesting that the United States had agreed to put off the NATO aspirations of Ukraine and Georgia in exchange for cooperation with Russia on the installation of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia has vehemently opposed those plans, but Mr. Putin appeared receptive to a recent American proposal to operate the system more openly and to invite Russian cooperation.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV id="wideImage" class="image"> <IMG width="600" height="280" border="0" alt="" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/02/washington/02bush-2.600.jpg" /> <DIV class="credit">Kevin Lamarque/Reuters</DIV> <P class="caption"> President Bush and President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine after a meeting in Kiev. </P> </DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bush/" rel="tag">bush</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/russia/" rel="tag">russia</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/putin/" rel="tag">putin</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/poland/" rel="tag">poland</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/missiles/" rel="tag">missiles</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/czech+republic/" rel="tag">czech republic</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/nato/" rel="tag">nato</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">ukraine</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/condi+rice/" rel="tag">condi rice</a></div>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/world/europe/02prexy.htmlWed, 02 Apr 2008 00:02:32 GMT