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As President George W. Bush made these remarks in a speech at the National Defense University (NDU) on May 1, 2001, National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Proliferation Strategy, Counterproliferation, and Homeland Defense Robert Joseph listened attentively. Within just 4 months of taking office, President Bush was articulating one of his key national security priorities: setting the conditions for the United States to move full steam ahead on developing, testing, and eventually deploying a wide range of missile defense technologies and systems—a priority that in all likelihood would mean U.S. withdrawal from the 1972 Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty.
Document Type
Case Study
Topic(s)
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Publication Date
1-2010
Publication
CSWMD Case Study Series
Publisher
National Defense University Press
City
Washington, DC
Recommended Citation
Rusten, Lynn F., "U.S. Withdrawal from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty" (2010). WMD Case Studies. 6.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/wmd-case-studies/6