The Obama administration's plan will replace Bush's anti-missile plan with a re-designed sea- and ground-based system, which destroys short and mid-range missiles instead of intercontinental missiles.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

The Bush-era program would have placed ground-based interceptors in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic to counter any long-range nuclear threat posed by Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Mr Cameron held talks earlier with Vice-President Joe Biden, where there was "common ground on the full range of foreign policy issues, " according to a Downing Street spokesman.

BBC: Barack Obama: UK relationship is 'truly special'

Perhaps, in frustration at his failure to advance the peace process, he wanted to put down a marker, warning Mr Netanyahu that he would not tolerate his continuing refusal to give ground on a whole range of issues.

ECONOMIST: The United States, Israel and the Arabs

The diversity of the work and indeed the ground covered shows the broad range of subjects he has tackled.

BBC: Rene Burri in colour