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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 01:51pm Aug 26, 2001 EST (#8155 of 8164)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A WEEK'S NYT COVERAGE OF MISSILE DEFENSE

The Week in Review: August 19-25 The Amazing Dwindling Surplus http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/weekinreview/26P2ST.html Remember the budget surplus? Most of it has melted away, thanks to the weakening economy and President Bush's tax cut.

Here's One Treaty the Bush Team Loves, to Death By JANE PERLEZ http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/weekinreview/26PERL.html The Bush administration has irritated allies with its aversion to treaties, but not the Australian-New Zealand United States Treaty, or Anzus, a mutual defense pact signed at the start of the cold war.

Putin the Power Broker By CELESTINE BOHLEN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/weekinreview/26BOHL.html Russia's main focus is inward, yet Russia remains determined to stay in the great power game, projecting itself as an equal, if with a weak hand.

Utah G.O.P. Welcomes Cheney and Adopts a New Tone By MICHAEL JANOFSKY http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/politics/26CHEN.html The tone was markedly different from the Utah convention of 2000, when the party's divisions pitted conservatives against ultra-conservatives.

President Asserts Shrunken Surplus May Curb Congress By DAVID E. SANGER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/25/politics/25BUSH.html President Bush said that the government's fast-dwindling surplus will create "a fiscal straitjacket for Congress.

Excerpts From Bush Comments on Military and Money http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/25/politics/25BTEX.html Following are excerpts from President Bush's news conference yesterday in Crawford, Tex.

The Promotion of General Myers http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/25/opinion/25SAT1.html More than most senior officers, Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers seems to understand both the limitations and benefits of new military technologies.

Pants on Fire By PAUL KRUGMAN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/24/opinion/24KRUG.html Eventually there will be no disguising the fact that money that was supposed to be accumulated to pay retirement benefits has

The Incredible Shrinking Surplus http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/24/opinion/24FRI11.html There is no way President Bush can protect the Social Security trust fund surplus and his recent tax cut program.

Now That the Money Is Gone . . . To the Editor: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/24/opinion/L24SURP.html

rshowalter - 01:52pm Aug 26, 2001 EST (#8156 of 8164)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A WEEK'S NYT COVERAGE OF MISSILE DEFENSE

Bush Flatly States U.S. Will Pull Out of Missile Treaty By DAVID E. SANGER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/24/international/24PREX.html President Bush said the United States will withdraw from the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, but insisted that he had no timetable for doing so.

Bush Says Dwindling Surplus Will Halt Government Growth By DAVID E. SANGER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/24/politics/24CND-BUSH.html President Bush said today that the government's fast-dwindling surplus will create "a fiscal straitjacket for Congress."

Rumsfeld Insists Bush Won't Pare Military Spending Request By JAMES DAO http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/24/politics/24MILI.html The secretary of defense said President Bush would insist that Congress approve all of his proposed $18.4 billion spending in military spending for the coming year.

Promise to Protect Social Security Is Sorely Tested By RICHARD W. STEVENSON http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/24/politics/24ECON.html Republicans and Democrats' resolve not to touch the portion of the budget surplus coming from Social Security will be tested severely.

Bush Names Air Force General to Head Joint Chiefs of Staff By DAVID STOUT http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/24/politics/24CND-MYER.html President Bush nominated Gen. Richard B. Myers of the Air Force today to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, calling him highly qualified.

Rumsfeld Says Bush Will Insist on Increased Defense Spending By JAMES DAO http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/23/politics/23CND-MILITARY.html Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that President Bush would insist that Congress approve his proposed $18 billion spending increase.

Bush Projections Show Sharp Drop in Budget Surplus By RICHARD W. STEVENSON http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/23/politics/23BUDG.html The Bush administration said that the projected surpluses outside of the Social Security system will dwindle to almost nothing.

Bush Is Said to Pick General in Air Force to Lead Military By FRANK BRUNI http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/23/politics/23CHIE.html Administration officials said that they expected President Bush to nominate Gen. Richard B. Myers as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

U.S. Envoy Says Russia Has Time in Missile Talks By MICHAEL WINES http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/23/international/europe/23MISS.html Under Secretary of State John R. Bolton said that "a vast open space" still exists for an agreement with Russia.

U.S. Sets Deadline for Settlement of ABM Argument By PATRICK E. TYLER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/22/international/22MISS.html A senior Bush administration official said that the United States had given Russia an unofficial deadline of November to agree to changes in the ABM treaty, or face a unilateral withdrawal.

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