Obama, Putin, and Europe's Missile Shield ‏@MJoemal19 Joe Maloney

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September 17, 2009:   President Obama announced that he was scrapping plans to construct a missile defense system in Eastern Europe against an Iranian missile attack.  Obama claimed that the latest intelligence induicated that Iran’s development of an intercontinental ballistic missiles was proceeding slower than previously thought.  http://dnai.in/8Dzu
March 27, 2012:   Obama caught on microphone telling then President Medvedev that he would have “more flexibility” on their missile shield issue following an election victory.  http://www.mediate.com/tv/hot-mic-catches-president-obama-telling-russian-president-he-needs-flexibility-on-missile-defense-after-election/  
March 17, 2013:   Obama caves to Putin on missile shield for Europe.  The missile shield had long been seen as a sign of NATO’s commitment to protect Europe, and former Soviet satelites states against a potentially bellgerent Russia: which has made the anti-missile deployment an issue between the major powers. http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/oboma-missile-shield-russia/2013/03/17/id/495084  
October 28, 2013:   The United States is installing elemennts of the missile defense system at a former airbase at Deveselu in southern Romania specifically an Aegis system with SM-3 interceptors.  Romania has become one of the United States’ main partners, not only in central europe, but also throughout the continent.   American troops had already used Romanian bases for operations for operations in Iraq, and Afghaistan in 1999, and since 2005 four small Romanian bases have been leased by the U.S. military. 

In accordance with an agreement signed in mid-October, the Romanian port of Constanta, and the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase will become the main points for tranferring troops and equipment to Afghanistan, replacing Kyrgyzstan.   http://missilethreat.com/the-missile-shield-in-central-eastern-europe-became0a-reality/ 

December 16, 2013:  Russia plans to move nuclear-capable missiles close to the borders of Poland, and Lithuania in its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad.  http://reut.rs/1cMuzQh