Pentagon Says Lithuania Would be a Good Missile Base Site

Tuesday the Pentagon said that Lithuania would be a good alternative to Poland as the site for a U.S. missile defense base if negotiations with the Poles fail. The Bush administration's preference is to work out a deal with fellow NATO ally Poland. The negotiations over a base that would host 10 U.S. missile interceptors has bogged down in a dispute over the extent of U.S. assistance to the Polish military.