Bush to deploy missile defense in '04

Wednesday, December 18, 2002

WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Tuesday ordered the Pentagon to have ready for use within two years a bare-bones system for defending American territory, troops and allies against attack by ballistic missiles.

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