21.   Such a plant to produce tritium might be far larger than ever needed, if new arms control agreements are signed.

22.   The Bush administration has also maintained that it will cut its nuclear arsenal unilaterally, and not on the basis of Cold War-style arms control bargaining.

23.   The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that the State Department favored the absorption of the development and the arms control agencies as part of a reorganization plan.

24.   The Clinton administration has sent its top arms control officials to foreign capitals in recent weeks to lobby for quick action on a treaty to ban all nuclear testing.

25.   The Massachusetts Democrat said the summit could at least spotlight crucial security and arms control issues.

26.   The panel included missile defense enthusiasts, but also several arms control advocates.

27.   The risks of nuclear war led successive presidents, again of both parties, to conclude arms control treaties with the Soviet Union.

28.   The START II nuclear arms control treaty and the treaty to ban chemical weapons are blocked, to their potential peril.

29.   The United States and China are feuding over Taiwan, human rights, trade and arms control issues.

30.   They wonder whether a unilateral decision by the United States to proceed would unhinge the strategic balance that has made arms control possible and nurtured nonproliferation efforts.