Monday, June 28, 2010

Concerns About The New START Agreement Raised

Presidents Medvedev and Obama at Arlington eatery.
Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images


Obama's Odd Arms-Control Secrecy -- New York Post

The Obama administration is urging the Senate to ratify the US-Russia Strate gic Arms Reduction Treaty -- but it won't release the negotiating record for "New START" to senators who've asked for it.

Denying the Senate's requests raises all sorts of suspicions about the treaty, which would reduce the US strategic nuclear arsenal by about 30 percent and cut our missile silos, bombers and submarines by nearly 20 percent.

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More News On The START Agreement

"New START" Offers Close Look at Russian Nukes, U.S. Officials Say -- Global Security Newswire
Obama Nuclear Agenda Faces Post-START Obstacles -- Global Security Newswire
War in Senate brewing over U.S.-Russia arms deal -- USA Today
Officials: Treaty Would Give Best Look at Russian Weapons -- U.S. Department of Defense
New START agreement signed, what’s next? -- Voice of Russia
30 Top National Security Leaders Come Out in Support of New START Treaty -- PSA Blog
Q&A: Medvedev Meets With Obama on Modernization Plan, Arms Control -- PBS Newshour
The Kremlin’s Nuclear Trump Card -- Stephen G. Rademaker, Moscow Times
Why the United States Should “reSTART” the “Reset” -- Heritage

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