Cohen: No Decision Yet on NMD

By Dan Dupont / August 7, 2000 at 5:00 AM
Defense Secretary William Cohen said today that he has not yet decided whether to recommend that President Clinton go forward with plans to deploy a National Missile Defense system. Cohen's statement notes he is responding to "recent reports" indicating he has made a decision, reports he says are wrong. "Components of the Department of Defense are currently completing their assessment of the program to develop a National Missile Defense system. A number of difficult issues remain to be resolved before...

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