https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/03/26/obama-to-medvedev-ill-totally-cave-on-missile-defense-in-my-second-term-if-putin-will-give-me-space/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usFri, 24 Apr 2026 09:07:21 -0400<![CDATA[Ah, open microphones at photo ops.  Is there anything they can&#8217;t expose?  And is there any lesson about them that Barack Obama can learn?  Five months after reporters picked up a conversation in which Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy disparaged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamim Netanyahu, Obama forgot to check the microphones yet again in a conversation with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.  This time, however, the microphones picked up the sound of Obama begging for some political help from Vladimir Putin &#8212; in order to gain the &#8220;flexibility&#8221; to cave on missile defense:]]>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:40:38 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2012/03/26/obama-to-medvedev-ill-totally-cave-on-missile-defense-in-my-second-term-if-putin-will-give-me-space-n184739