'New Europe' Longs for Bush as Obama Turns Focus to EU, Russia

Eastern European governments that ran political risks to support former President George W. Bush's security policies are now concerned that his successor, Barack Obama, will backtrack on those regional commitments. Leaders in the Czech Republic, Poland and other former communist nations face a backlash at home over their support of Bush-era initiatives, including the proposed U.S. missile- defense system and troop participation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, concern is growing in eastern Europe that it will be put on "the back burner" as the Obama administration talks about working with Russia and western Europe on issues such as Iran