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On the recordJuly 19, 1999
Misplaced devotion for the ABM Treaty hampers the development, testing and deployment of certain kinds of missile defense, ensuring that any system will be less capable than it otherwise could be.
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Doug Bereuter

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Assertion that the ABM Treaty limits missile defense capabilities.

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