President Bush is about to give Russia formal notice that the United States will unilaterally withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which has long been considered by many the cornerstone of nuclear arms control, administration officials said Tuesday.
Bush regards the 1972 accord as a Cold War relic and a hindrance to the development of a missile defense system that he believes would shield America from attacks by ogue states"" or terrorists.
The announcement could come in a matter of days or perhaps weeks, another aide said.
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Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., told CNN Tuesday he did not support a United States withdrawal.
""It would be a real setback for U.S. defense and foreign policy,"" Daschle said.
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