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BUSH PICKS UP CLINTON FUMBLE.(A)(EDITORIALS)
George W. Bush vowed during last year's campaign to jump-start America's sluggish nuclear missile defense program. On Tuesday, he delivered an ambitious plan that could be ready as early as 2004. Mark this down as another promise kept.
On Monday, Bush phoned world leaders, such as German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac, to tell them that he will reviveAmerica's long-neglected program.
He showed the skeptical leaders proper courtesy. But he didn't compromise, emphasizing the mutual benefits of a system that could render nuclear weapons impotent.
Then on Tuesday, Bush gave a key speech on the viability and significance ofnuclear missile defense at the same venue where Bill Clinton pooh-poohed it --the National Defense University.
"From the president's point of view, he views it as a question of leadership," spokesman Ari Fleischer said. "He believes that if the United States leads and that we consult wisely, our allies and friends will find good reason to follow and to join with us."
A strong majority of Americans want Bush to lead on this issue. Indeed, mostAmericans are surprised when they learn that they don't already have a defenseagainst the Saddam Husseins of the world.
Bush sees what too many do not: Free nations cannot pin their defense on the"prudence" of their enemies.
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