Political Quotes

“This bill would make it the policy of the United States to deploy as soon as technologically possible an effective national missile defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack, whether accidental, unauthorized or deliberate. We believe this policy is necessary because of the growing proliferation threat. The proliferation threat includes both weapons of mass destruction and long-range ballistic missile delivery systems. The fact is that determining how quickly the United States will be facing an ICBM threat from a rogue nation is difficult to estimate. The Director of Central Intelligence recognized this point last year when he said to the Senate, "Gaps and uncertainties preclude a good projection of exactly when 'rest of the world' countries will deploy ICBMs." That "gaps and uncertainties" exist is not an indictment of our intelligence agencies.”