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Bush orders bare-bones missile defense system by 2004
President Bush ordered the Pentagon to have a preliminary missile defense system ready within two years to defend the United States and allies from ballistic missiles. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld called it better than nothing and said it would evolve, while critics warned the plan may be unproven and costly.
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