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[Feb. 11th, 2010|03:36 am] |
Moreover, putting up a missile defense could actually expose the world to greater dangerFor the foreseeable future, the system would knock out only a few missiles even if it workedIf the United States and Russia were to erect such a system, China would probably build more missiles to overcome it in order to maintain its deterrent capabilityThen India would follow suit, as would PakistanThe Euro-peans were convinced it was a terrible ideaBut we didnt have to deal with all those issues until we had a system that worked, and so far, we didnt
Before I left Moscow, Putin hosted a small dinner in the Kremlin with a jazz concert afterward, featuring Russian musicians from teenagers to an octogenarianThe finale began on a dark stage, a haunting series of tunes by my favorite living tenor saxophonist, Igor ButmanJohn Podesta, who loved jazz as much as I did, agreed with me that we had never heard a finer live performance
I went to Ukraine to announce Americas financial support for President Leonid Kuchmas decision to close the final reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant by December 15It had taken a long time, and I was glad to know that at least the problem would be resolved before I leftMy last stop was an outdoor speech to a huge crowd of Ukrainians whom I urged to stay on the course of |
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