91.   Butler said he hoped to concentrate initially on missile systems, where only a few issues remain to be settled, and on chemical weapons.

92.   Certainly not on a missile defense system that is impractical, wildly expensive and designed to defeat a threat greatly diminished by the demise of the Soviet military.

93.   China, which was not a signatory to the pact, repeated its oppositon to the missile defense system proposed by the Bush administration.

94.   China has also expressed objections to a missile system, and President Jacques Chirac of France criticized the plan several days ago.

95.   Clinton favors more research on a missile defense system but wants to defer a decision on full development and deployment for at least three years.

96.   Clinton has said he will decide this summer whether to go ahead with the missile defense system.

97.   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.

98.   Clinton had vetoed an earlier version of the bill partly because it included money for an expensive anti-ballistic missile system.

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

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