An insight into the Clinton-Gore Administration's actual attitude towards defending the United States against missile attack may be found in its motivation for seeking this change: Creating multiple foreign vetoes would make it even more difficult to modify the ABM treaty so as to permit U.S. missile defenses to be deployed.
Whatever the motivation, this inflation in reporting has the negative consequence of inflating future rights fees charged while creating doubt in the veracity of organizations that routinely report biased numbers without substantiation.
The New York Road Runners Club, while leaving the ultimate decision to the mayor, has bestowed a new motivation upon the race, making it a tribute to the storm's victims, and creating a charity fund to raise money for post-storm relief efforts.