Rice: ABM Treaty Revision a 'No Lose' Deal For Russia

By Thomas Duffy / July 13, 2001 at 5:00 AM
The Bush administration's position that the United States and Russia should move beyond the constraints of the ABM Treaty, thus allowing the U.S. to test land-, sea- and space-based missile defenses, is in many ways a "no lose" proposition for Russia, President Bush's national security adviser Condoleeza Rice, said today. Bush will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week when he attends the G-8 summit in Genoa, Italy. On Wednesday, the White House released a paper laying out how...

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