US completes arms pull-out
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With the end of the Cold War, Mr Bush announced in September that the US would 'bring home' its world-wide inventory of ground-launched theatre nuclear weapons. He also ordered the return of all tactical nuclear weapons from US ships and submarines.
'Today I can tell you that all of the planned withdrawals are complete,' President Bush said in a statement issued by the White House.
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