1.   As a candidate, Bush did not take a clear stand on the ABM treaty, although many conservative Republicans have long felt the treaty should be scrapped.

2.   Asked if Ivanov was correct in suggesting that the entire structure of arms control might collapse if the ABM treaty was scrapped, Rumsfeld said he did not know.

3.   Before the two ever met, Bush was talking about scrapping the treaty and Putin was traveling around Europe and Asia raising alarms about American unilateralism.

4.   Bush has said the treaty should be scrapped because it prevents the development of a system to defend against missile attack from enemies and terrorists.

5.   Bush is also hoping to demonstrate that over time he can convince Putin that the whole treaty should be scrapped.

6.   But those goals can be achieved without scrapping a treaty that has played a critical role in keeping the peace.

7.   His top foreign policy advisers believe the treaty should be scrapped, paving the way for a sea- or space-based missile defense system.

8.   If Bush can persuade Russia to scrap the treaty, those limits would be eliminated.

9.   Rice said the governor is willing to scrap the treaty.

10.   Russia and other nations oppose scrapping the treaty citing fear of nuclear proliferation.