It is most regrettable that President-elect Bill Clinton has encouraged Mr. Bush to wrap up START II before the inauguration.

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Under President Bush, America declined to legitimize Durban II by taking part in the plans.

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Bush had earlier met Pope John Paul II and he said he would take the pope's rejection of stem cell research using embryos into consideration when he decides whether to allow funding for the controversial practice.

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Crouch II was deputy national security adviser in the Bush administration.

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Mr Bush is the oldest living former US president and a World War II veteran.

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The Bush administration points to Supreme Court decisions during and right after World War II that upheld military tribunals like these.

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It is the only place on earth where, under the anti-ballistic missile treaty, the United States was allowed to test its strategic interceptor missiles, a key component of President Bush's missile-defence programme, sometimes known as Star Wars II.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, French President Jacques Chirac, U.S. President George W. Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin and a host of other VIPs spontaneously rose to their feet to applaud a march-past by proud veterans from all the Allied nations.

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Bush was born in New Haven, Connecticut while his father was attending Yale University after service in World War II.

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