"It seems to me to be a way to give the Clinton Administration an opportunity to sidestep the issue of whether to announce they're going to withdraw from the ABM treaty, or whether they're going to go ahead and proceed with construction and be hopeful the Russians are not going to accuse them of violating the treaty."

Source : " Administration lawyers argue ABM treaty allows start on missile defense system", www.cnn.com. June 15, 2000.

Thad Cochran

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