06/25/2009
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"The United States will continue to develop and deploy effective missile defenses to protect the United States, our deployed forces, and our allies and partners."
"The New START Treaty places no limitations on the development or deployment of our missile defense programs."
"Twelve million families with 24 million children will benefit from extensions of the earned-income tax credit and child tax credit."
"I'm hopeful we can also come together on another urgent national priority, and that is the new START Treaty that will reduce the world's nuclear arsenals and make America more secure."