Word: bushing
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Shevardnadze said after the speech that the Soviet had "a positive view" of the plan but that it and other Bush proposals "will have to be studied additionally...
...also told reporters at a briefing that Bush's proposal did not include biological weapons, which some experts consider as deadly as poison...
...year ago, during the first presidential candidates' debate, Bush had said, "I want to be the one to banish chemical and biological weapons from the face of the earth." The United States has in the past accused the Soviets of developing biological weapons...
Congress has passed legislation requiring the administration to destroy old chemical weapons by 1997 as more advanced weapons are stockpiled. Asked about any connection between Bush's proposal and the legal mandate to destroy a large percentage of such weapons, the White House official said that whether or not the new plan was "making a virtue of necessity it is certainly part of a major effort and a serious effort...
Twice, as vice president, Bush blocked legislation to destroy U. S. chemical weapons by breaking a tie vote. In those instances, the cutback would not have required Soviet reductions as well...