101.   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.

102.   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.

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

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

105.   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.

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

107.   Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld recently raised concerns among Europeans when he said that a missile defense system was likely to experience failures.

108.   Dole says he wants to give us a balanced budget, tax cuts, a bigger Army and Navy and a missile defense system.

109.   Earlier this year, the magazine spurred debate with an article critical of the proposed missile defense system.

110.   Ensuring the effectiveness of missile defense systems therefore requires not testing or deploying antisatellite technology.