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This is a battle which should have been recognized by the administration months ago.  As one not to be waged with the intensity that this one has experienced.  That same fervour and intensity should be applied to the other major issues before us.  Whether it's Kosovo, Bosnia or China.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Senator Jonh Warner, Republican, Virginia\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The president had promised to veto this bill if we passed.  I was glad to hear last night that he's now dropped his veto threat. But as usual, his pledge comes a little late and falls far short of the true support that we need for protecting our citizen.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Senator  Bob Smith, Republican, New Hampshire\u003cbr/\u003eThree Democrats opposed the bill.\u003cbr/\u003eThose who supported it said several amendments, including one pledging the United States would continue to seek nuclear arms reductions in Russia, made the legislation more palatable.\u003cbr/\u003eSome believed the earlier version could have violated terms of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty.  \u003cbr/\u003eFollowing the vote some Republicans and Democrats held a joint-press conference, in a show of bipartisanship and compromise.  \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English) \u003cbr/\u003e\"We have passed the National Missile Defense Bill and I think this sends a strong signal not only throughout our country to reassure Americans that we have a policy now of developing and deploying a National Missile Defense System to protect American citizens from a limited ballistic missile attack but we also send a strong message around the world.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Senator Thad Cochran, Republican, Mississippi\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We looked at the facts and we concluded across party lines that there is a real threat from rogue nations having ballistic missiles which can hit the American homeland.  And it would be irresponsible of us, noting that threat not to do everything we could to develop a defense to it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Senator Joseph Leiberman, Democrat, Connecticut\u003cbr/\u003eA missile defence shield has been a top GOP agenda item since President Reagan proposed an ambitious space-based defence system in 1983, dubbed \"Star Wars\" by its critics.\u003cbr/\u003eThe system now being envisioned is much more moderate, designed to stop a single missile or just a few, probably fired at the United States accidentally or by a what Americans call a \"rogue nation.\" \u003cbr/\u003eEven so, the program is not expected to be inexpensive.\u003cbr/\u003eOn Wednesday, Deputy National Security Adviser, John Steinberg said the Clinton administration is in support of the bill now that it meets four specific areas.  \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"We did not drop our objections to a missile defense plan.  We're very pleased that the Senate adopted an approach which is fully consistent with the approach that we have advocated.  We're always said that we're prepared to support missile defense if it dealt with four particular areas of -- or criteria: the threat, the feasibility, the cost, and arms control considerations.  All of those factors have now been built into the legislation, and so  this was now -- I think the Senate took a very constructive step in adopting an approach which is consistent with the one the administration has advocated.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: John Steinberg, Deputy National Security Adviser\u003cbr/\u003eMore than 50 (b) billion U-S dollars has already been spent on research and limited testing. \u003cbr/\u003eClinton earmarked another 10.5 (b) billion in his budget for it over the next five years, although he had not wanted to make a decision until June 2000 on whether to field such a system.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Pentagon suggests the earliest a system could be ready is 2005, with or without the legislation.\u003cbr/\u003e Washington DC, United States, 17 March 1999\u003cbr/\u003e1.Various of Senate Floor\u003cbr/\u003e2.SOUNDBITE: Senator John Ashcroft (R-MO)\u003cbr/\u003e3.Wide view of Senate Floor\u003cbr/\u003e4.SOUNDBITE:  Senator John Warner 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