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U.S. to Launch Missile-Defense System in 2004

NPR | By Tom Gjelten

Published December 18, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

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President Bush wants the Pentagon to move forward with a new missile defense system. Bush is asking the military to deploy the first phase of such a system by 2004. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports.

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Tom Gjelten covers issues of religion, faith, and belief for NPR News.

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