Bush defends missile shield plan
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US President George W Bush says there is a "real and urgent" need for a missile defence system in Europe.
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President Bush defended his pursuit of a costly missile defense system on Tuesday and said those who oppose the idea do not understand the dangers the country faces in the 21st century.
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President Bush made an impassioned defense of his proposed rules for the interrogation and prosecution of terrorism suspects.
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President Bush threatened a veto on Tuesday in the debate to update terrorist surveillance laws, assailing Democratic plans to deny protection from lawsuits for telecommunications providers that let the government spy on U.S. residents
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A U.S. missile-defense system will be built in Poland despite Russia's anger over the plans, Polish President Lech Kaczynski said on Monday after a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush.
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President George W. Bush meets his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski on Monday to iron out details of plans for a U.S. missile shield in eastern Europe that could strain relations with an already jittery Moscow.
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President Bush, in Pennsylvania, said that opponents of a missile defense system were putting the nation's security at risk.
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During a campaign stop earlier this year in Pennsylvania, President Bush drew cheers when he issued a stern warning to America&#39;s enemies about the missile defense system that he has vowed to deploy by the end of this year.
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Investor's Business Daily - During a meeting with Polish President Lech Kaczynski, President Bush called the shield a &quot;symbol of our desire to work for peace and security.&quot; The U.S. wants to place 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic. But Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the plan a threat and said he&#39;ll oppose missiles in Poland.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that Russia posed no threat to Europe despite its vow to target the continent if the U.S. deploys a missile shield in central Europe.
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EDGESVILLE, W.Va., Aug. 17 - Saying he was &quot;living in the future,&quot; President Bush promoted his plans for a missile defense system on Tuesday and said that its opponents were putting the nation&#39;s security at risk, as he courted ...
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President George W. Bush insisted on  Tuesday a missile shield in Europe was needed for the security  of the United States and its NATO allies.
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President Bush's missile-shield plans are stoking cold-war tensions, as Putin threatens to re-aim Russian weapons at Europe.
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The Bush administration defended its  plan for more massive spending on aviation security before a  skeptical U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday and said a Sept.  11-style hijacking or a bombing remain top threats.
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NATO's secretary-general mounted a stout defense of Washington's missile shield plan on Monday, the day before meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin when the issue is likely to top the agenda.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush criticized Russia on democracy on Tuesday but sought to calm President Vladimir Putin's anger over U.S. missile shield plans on the eve of a G8 summit in Germany.
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President Bush defended embattled Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Monday, saying the Pentagon chief was doing "a really fine job."