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

NPR | By Tom Gjelten
Published December 17, 2002 at 9:00 PM PST

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.