51.   Bush faces pressure from US allies over his controversial decisions to abandon the Kyoto global warming pact and accelerate work on a missile defense system.

52.   Bush has made the Russians nervous by advocating the buildup of a massive missile defense system, while Gore supports a more modest system.

53.   Bush was also asked about his planned missile defense system, which many Chinese see as a threat aimed at neutralizing their own nuclear forces.

54.   Bush also said he wants to build a missile defense system opposed by Moscow.

55.   Bush and his advisers may now realize that their vision of ultimate security from a missile defense system is little more than a distant technological possibility.

56.   Bush must make a critical choice within weeks about whether to proceed with a version of a national missile defense system.

57.   But even some experts who support research on missile defense systems have reservations about the new initiatives.

58.   But he would also spend billions to put in place a missile defense system far more ambitious than the one the Clinton administration is pondering.

59.   But it does not specifically mention spending on a new missile defense system, which Bush has advocated.

60.   But he said if Russians ultimately reject any missile defense system, a confrontation is likely.