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...billion system to protect the U.S. from missile attack. Success could signal the most profound change in U.S. national security since Washington decided to contain Soviet expansionism in 1947. That is why so much is riding on this week's test for the military, its contractors and the space shield's many proponents in Washington...
...Russia's own nuclear arsenal. And its fears are well grounded - while President Clinton is considering a limited system involving some 20 interceptors to guard against one or two missiles fired by "rogue states," candidate George W. Bush has committed himself to a comprehensive, "Star Wars"-like anti-missile shield that would eliminate all threats. And, needless to say, the Chinese, whose long-range nuclear fleet comprises only about 20 single-warhead missiles, is taking the matter personally, because its own nuclear deterrent might be eliminated by even President Clinton's limited defense. Beijing has warned that if Washington goes...
...your spouse $3 million at the stepped-up value, and an additional $1.3 million at stepped-up value to others. The surviving spouse in a marriage could leave yet another $1.3 million at the stepped-up basis. That's a lot of tax protection. Yet a single person could shield only $1.3 million in all, and by 2010, when the bill would be fully phased in, single estates will be common...
...that's precisely what the world got--much to the astonishment of the White House, which just weeks ago had been using Kim as Example A of a "rogue dictator" while trying to convince Russia of the value of a missile-defense shield. It's too early to be sure that the new Kim is for real. The makeover, though, does seem to have legs. It's not really that Kim is such a different guy--his charmingly opportunistic streak once helped him extort billions from foreign governments in exchange for capping his nukes program. It's that his interests...
...need new agreements; we only need new thinking. If we want to cut our nuclear arsenal, why wait on the Russians? If we want to build a defensive shield, why ask the Russians? The new idea--extraordinarily simple and extraordinarily obvious--is that we build to order. Our order...