81.   Clinton can parade around the country like a respectable Republican, promising to build Star Wars missile defense systems and save Social Security by investing it in Amazon.com.

82.   Clinton on Tuesday abruptly withdrew his objections to a Republican-sponsored Senate bill calling for the development of a limited missile defense system.

83.   Clinton supports financing research for a missile defense system, but stops short of endorsing its deployment.

84.   Cohen is worried that Russia and China are likely to use European concerns about the missile defense system to drive a wedge between Washington and its allies.

85.   China strongly opposes the American quest for a missile defense system, which China says could negate its own small force of missiles and set off an arms race.

86.   Clinton vetoed the entire military authorization bill last year when it mandated a missile defense system.

87.   Cohen is to recommend to Clinton in June whether the Pentagon believes the missile defense system is ready for deployment.

88.   Compared to neighboring Iraq, Iran has an unsophisticated air defense system, a fact that would make U.S. aerial forays over Iranian territory relatively less dangerous.

89.   Cooperating with allies sounds good in principle, but Bush seems determined to embark on a risky missile defense system that major European allies regard as unworkable.

90.   Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld conceded that in its early stages a missile defense system would face problems.