Vice President Biden spoke to political leaders and students at Bucharest's Central University Library, after receiving assurances from Romanian President Traian Basescu that Romania supports plans by the Obama administration to revise missile defense plans for Europe amid new concerns over the continent's security.

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Now, apparently, there is hope: a new mayor, Traian Basescu, elected to sort out this mess.

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Romanian President Traian Basescu was understood to have given the green light for Serbia's candidacy.

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He accused President Traian Basescu, who defeated Nastase in the 2004 election, of being behind the scandal.

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