We also agreed on a mix of conventional nuclear missile and missile defense forces that we need, and importantly, we agreed on how to pay for them and that includes pooling our resources in these difficult economic times.
We also adopted a Deterrence and Defense Posture Review that showed what the appropriate mix of conventional nuclear and missile defense forces should be in order to advance our deterrence and defense capabilities.
If that term has any meaning at all, though, Barack Obama's nuclear weapons and missile defense policies certainly would not qualify.
And I also want to especially acknowledge, with deep appreciation, your strong support for our nation's nuclear deterrent and missile defense capabilities.
The idea was to examine and make recommendations relating to the longterm strategic requirements for U.S. national security, and that included nuclear deterrent, missile defense, space security, etc.
Rice discussed missile defense and nuclear weaponry in answer to questions and comments from CNN founder Ted Turner at CNN's World Report conference, an annual meeting of international journalists.
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He expected to turn Russia into a cooperative partner by showing greater humility and by accommodating Putin's sensibilities on Iran, ballistic missile defense, nuclear arms treaties, and other matters.
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Both of the presidential candidates and, for that matter, candidates for the legislative branch are to be encouraged to amplify upon their positions concerning missile defense and nuclear deterrence, further sharpening what could and should be a defining issue in Campaign 2000.
The regime was already shifting in that direction before the parliamentary vote, with threats to target U.S. missile defense installations with nuclear weapons, or to withdraw from the START nuclear treaty negotiated by President Obama.
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So while candidate Bush gives the impression he's more willing to cut nuclear weapons and supports a better missile defense than Al Gore, he won't provide the details that would tell voters whether his policy on those two issues is really much different from the vice president's.
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But the spokesman also said the letter did not suggest a link between Russian assistance to limit Iran's nuclear program and the plans to construct missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe.
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Turner -- who backs the elimination of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction -- wanted to know whether the administration has considered ridding the world of weapons of mass destruction and supporting nuclear nonproliferation, rather than pursuing a missile defense program that would cost billions.
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Although Obama received enthusiastic applause from his audience in Prague when he announced his intention to destroy the US's nuclear arsenal, drastically scale back its missile defense programs and forge a new alliance with Russia, his words were anything but music to the ears of the leaders of former Soviet satellites threatened by Russia.
The national security and commercial implications of this decision have been exacerbated, however, by two other, seemingly unrelated actions: President Obama's decision to stop producing long-range missile defense interceptors and to defer indefinitely any replacement of our aging nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile force.
South Korea's military doesn't believe North Korea has a nuclear weapon small enough to mount on a missile, a defense ministry spokesman said Friday.
Finally, as part of the Deterrence and Defense Posture Review, as I said, we looked at our nuclear posture, as well as our conventional and our missile defense posture.
The Soviet empire fell not because radicals like Obama called for the US to destroy its nuclear arsenal, it fell because president Ronald Reagan ignored them and vastly expanded the US's nuclear arsenal while deploying short-range nuclear warheads in Europe and launching the US's missile defense program while renouncing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Never mind that the PRC is doing everything it can to amass more nuclear weapons and delivery systems even though there is no American missile defense.
The good news is that President Obama appears to have finally awakened from his dream of a nuclear missile-free world, one which requires no American preemptive defense.
Friday's successful advanced missile defense test, which shot down a mock nuclear warhead in space, shows that the US is getting closer to defending the country against ballistic missile attack.
Instead, Mr. Obama is negotiating drastic nuclear weapons reductions with Russia, even as he eviscerates our missile defense capabilities, apparently believing unilateral strategic arms cutbacks will entrance Moscow and persuade rogue proliferators to dismantle their programs.
The possibilities for strategic cooperation between and among all of these states and Israel run the gamut from intelligence sharing to military training, to missile defense, naval development, satellite collaboration, to nuclear cooperation.
The US's military options - particularly given Obama's stated intention to all but end US missile defense programs and scrap much of its already aging nuclear arsenal - would be more apparent than real.
On February 10, in an appearance with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, Clinton signaled that the United States might rethink plans for a missile defense shield in Europe if Iran decides against pursuing nuclear weapons.
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The Bush administration now faces greater hurdles in selling controversial initiatives, such as its new energy plan, which in part calls for increased oil drilling and greater use of nuclear power, and the president's dream of a national missile defense shield.
We also spoke about Iran nuclear program, and discussed a number of other issues, including European missile defense.
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Among the votes the group evaluated were nine Mr. Kerry cast against developing a missile-defense system envisioned to protect the United States from nuclear attack.
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Kerry clarified a statement he made Saturday in Beijing, when he told reporters the U.S. could scale back its missile-defense posture in the region if North Korea goes nuclear-free.
"Russia will have the right to opt out of the treaty if qualitative and quantitative parameters of the U.S. strategic missile defense begin to significantly effect the efficiency of Russian strategic nuclear forces, " Mr. Lavrov told the AP.
While they might disagree on how best to reduce the deficit, congressional leaders in both parties now endorse the necessity of a strong missile defense as the cheapest insurance against the tragedy of a nuclear attack on a U.S. city.
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