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To: Frederick Langford who wrote (12210)	8/23/2001 2:17:42 PM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 208838

Bush says U.S. to quit arms pact on "our timetable" (Adds details, fresh quotes, byline) By Patricia Wilson CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush flatly declared on Thursday that the United States would withdraw "on our timetable" from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, a long-standing cornerstone of arms control. In one of his most explicit statements on the issue, Bush told reporters the accord hampered U.S. ability to keep the peace because it prohibited deployment of a missile defense shield. He said he had made that clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We will withdraw from the ABM treaty on our timetable," Bush said. "I have no specific timetable in mind." But administration officials have said crucial decisions must be made before Bush and Putin met in November at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. The treaty requires either side to give six months' notice of its intent to withdraw. Undersecretary of State John Bolton, wrapping up arms talks in Moscow this week, said the United States wanted to work with Russia, "either to find a way to mutually withdraw from the treaty, or in some way together move beyond the constraints that the ABM treaty places on our development effort." But he said a unilateral U.S. pullout from the ABM treaty "is already in the market" and predicted it would not unduly hurt relations with Moscow.