First, I want to be clear that we will talk about as much as we can, but consistent with our need to protect our most important and effective tools in this fight.
In the 1949 Midyear Economic Report of the President, he explained, "When I submitted my budget for the fiscal year 1950 last January, the programs of expenditure that I then recommended were held to a minimum consistent with our basic needs in view of the inflationary strain upon materials and manpower then prevailing" (p. 7).
I'm committed to achieving a credible deterrent with the lowest possible number of nuclear weapons consistent with our national security needs, including our obligations to our allies.
Now all that is to be swept aside (see article).The aim, Mr Bush insists, is still a secure world with the lowest possible number of nuclear arms "consistent with our national security needs, including our obligations to our allies".
His promise last year to cut America's nuclear-weapons stockpile to the lowest number "consistent with our national security needs" had helped to mollify critics of his missile-defence plans.
We were pleased to hear Mr. Bush accept that principle yesterday in saying that he is "committed to achieving a credible deterrent with the lowest possible number of nuclear weapons consistent with our national security needs, including our obligations to our allies".
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Mr. King said that he would work with them and Mr. Chertoff "in attempting to find a way to upgrade Plum Island to continue research at a Biosafety Level 3 in a manner consistent with our homeland security needs".
The offensive arms reductions is something that the President feels very strongly about because he feels, not just because of the issues concerning defense, but because he feels it makes sense for America's nuclear forces to be at a level consistent with our true deterrent needs.
Loss or decline of less tolerant species would be consistent with our results and needs further investigation.
Consistent with our second research prediction, need-based reasoning was disassociated from the other two types of intuitive reasoning explanations.
