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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 - 04:24pm Sep 9, 2001 EST (#8712 of 8726)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A WEEK'S NYT COVERAGE OF MISSILE DEFENSE

Bush's Aides Seek to Focus Efforts on the Economy by RICHARD L. BERKE and DAVID E. SANGER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/09/politics/09BUSH.html As White House officials move to refocus President Bush's energies on the precarious economy, they are working to present him as a more commanding leader in what may be the most treacherous stretch of his first year in the White House.

Blame and Budgets in Washington http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/09/opinion/09SUN1.html The budget battles that are resuming now in Washington are likely to look less like a slugfest than an exhibition of rope-a-dope. Democrats, convinced that the public shares their concern about raiding the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, nonetheless lack the votes and the appetite for a confrontation with President Bush. Their strategy seems to be to concede that this is a Bush budget era and allow the Republicans to flail away on their own.

Rumsfeld Calls Base Closures Necessary By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Rumsfeld-Interview.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- The slumping economy may stiffen Congress's resistance to closing military bases, but Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the changes are necessary to save billions the military needs to spend elsewhere.

Highlights of Rumsfeld Interview By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Rumsfeld-Quotes.html

Iran Radio Denies CIA Weapons Claim By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iran-CIA.html

China Softens Language Over U.S. Missile Defense by REUTERS http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-arms-china.html BEIJING (Reuters) - Using unusually mild language, China has called on the United States to act cautiously on its missile defense plans.

Fox Urges Scrapping of 54-Year Treaty Between U.S. and Mexico by GINGER THOMPSON http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/08/international/americas/08PREX.html Mexico's president called for the dismantling of a 54-year-old treaty between the United States and Latin American nations that was aimed at protecting the hemisphere against Communism and replacing it with pacts that would combat widespread social ills and organized crime.

Senate Panel Approves Defense Bill by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Defense-Budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a party-line vote, the Democratic-run Senate Armed Services Committee sliced $1.3 billion from President Bush's request for his missile defense program and put curbs on testing it.

U.N Agreed-Upon Text: Slavery by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Racism-Conference-Slavery-Text.html Text of selected paragraphs regarding slavery agreed upon at the U.N. conference on racism Saturday.

The Bush Merry-Go-Round http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/08/opinion/08SAT3.html Washington is aflutter with speculation about the rising and falling fortunes of President Bush's quartet of top national security advisors.

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