Word: abm
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...expanded her original role as "traffic cop" to include public explanations of policy, like her speech at the National Press Club two months ago, while great communicator Powell has been strangely silent. Rice, not Powell, went to Moscow to jawbone Russian President Vladimir Putin into dropping the 1972 ABM treaty that is blocking Bush's missile-defense plans...
UNITED STATES Bush Makes It Official: Goodbye, ABM Treaty President George W. Bush ended months of speculation by announcing that the United States would definitely pull out of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Bush said he would continue to consult Moscow as well as U.S. allies, but that the timing of the withdrawal would be "convenient to America." Earlier in the week, Undersecretary of State John Bolton denied he had issued an unofficial deadline to Moscow to agree to changes in the treaty before President Putin meets with Bush in November. Withdrawal from the ABM Treaty, considered the cornerstone...
...Gore has privately been clear about the deficiencies he sees in the current President. During the welcome reception at last week's political academy, he munched on barbecue and salted his vacation talk with jabs at Bush for abdicating responsibility in the Middle East and backing out of the ABM Treaty with Russia. "He's particularly upset about the environmental decisions and the economic priorities of the [Bush] budget," says an intimate. "That would be the fuel for his running...
...other hand, if Moscow knows that some form of U.S. missile defense is inevitable, it may have painted itself into a corner by sticking so resolutely to its guns on the ABM treaty. Putin may find it difficult to relent on the treaty now that he's dug in his heels - although his strategy for maximizing diplomatic gains seems to depend on taking these standoffs right down to the wire. (Of course Russia achieves some moral high ground if it forces Bush's hand, because by withdrawing from the treaty that girds nuclear arms control, the U.S. would deepen European...
...missile defense would also leave the U.S. free to pursue a more comprehensive shield than is currently envisioned, one that could hypothetically neutralize Russia's own deterrent. President Bush, too, may struggle to get the necessary support in Washington and Europe if he decides to walk away from the ABM without replacing it with a new set of agreements. Despite the tough talk, then, both sides maintain an overwhelming interest in cutting a deal...