41.   But Republican senators retorted that Democrats are ignoring a growing number of potential threats of accidental or limited nuclear, chemical or biological missile attacks from Third World countries.

42.   But the new scheme, it insists, is purely to counter an isolated missile attack from a rogue state, and would be swamped by a Russian attack.

43.   But they have not completely ruled out a missile attack or a catastrophic mechanical or structural failure, perhaps triggered by a fuel tank explosion.

44.   China has objected to proposed theater missile defenses, local systems intended to protect American allies in Asia from missile attacks.

45.   China threatens daily missile attacks against Taiwan.

46.   Clinton announced that the United States would share information from an early warning system with Israel to help protect it from missile attacks.

47.   Clinton ordered the missile attack in retaliation for the attack.

48.   Clinton said he ordered the missile attacks because of intelligence information indicating that more terrorist acts on U.S. embassies and other interests were imminent.

49.   Cohen and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright went to Capitol Hill to brief members of Congress and staffers about the missile attack.

50.   Cohen said the administration is determined to deprive hostile nations of the ability to blackmail the United States with the threat of a missile attack.