Biden stressed that the new missile defense system would provide more security for the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,or NATO.
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Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Securitysystem for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.
Secretary Rumsfeld proposes to draw on this experience, the recommendations of numerous independent review panels and the insights he and others have garnered in the business sector, to devise a new National Security Personnel System.