11.   Scrapping the treaty cleared the way for Bush to move forward with development of a system designed to blast an incoming missile out of the sky.

12.   Such talk may help to put pressure on Russia, but it also fuels the suspicion that scrapping the treaty is an end, not a means.

13.   Thursday night, Bush argued that the terrorist attack made it all the more vital to scrap the treaty.

14.   We should deploy a national missile defense and scrap treaties, such as the ABM treaty, that impede the national interest.

15.   Bush and Russian President Valdimir Putin failed to agree on a plan to change or scrap the treaty during their November summit.

16.   Bush is being pressured by fellow Republicans to scrap the treaty.

17.   Calling the agreement outdated, Russia said Thursday it will scrap the treaty and offer a new one in its stead.

18.   No government proposes scrapping the treaty, but almost everything about it is in dispute.

19.   No one at the month-long U.N. conference wants to scrap the treaty, since that would invite a nuclear free-for-all.

20.   On Friday, the Russian foreign ministry said Rice had not said anything that would cause Russia to temper its opposition to scrapping the treaty.