Wednesday, June 23, 2010

START Treaty On Nuclear Arms Is Stuck In The U.S. Senate


War In Senate Over U.S.-Russia Arms Deal -- USA Today

WASHINGTON — As President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev focus on economic issues during their seventh meeting today, debate over the new nuclear arms treaty that is the cornerstone of improved U.S.-Russian relations will continue across town in the Senate.

That the Foreign Relations Committee will be holding two hearings on the pact to reduce each country's nuclear arsenal while the presidents talk about innovation at the White House and meet with business leaders at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shows just how much the relationship between Russia and the United States has changed over the past year or so, White House aides say.

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More News On The START Treaty

Arms treaty stuck in US Senate -- Daily Nation
Senate Republicans Find New START Agreement Problematic -- Weekly Standard
Should the New START Treaty Be a Non-Starter? -- Rebeccah Heinrichs, FOX News
Congress Needs Bigger Role in Arms Control -- Matthew Rojansky, Andrew Semmel, Carnegie Endowment

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