Outrage From The Media/Pundits/Democrats/Russia On Republican Objections ToThe Start Treaty

Kyl Statement Deals Serious Setback To Obama's Push For START -- Washington Post

One of President Obama's top foreign-policy goals suffered a potentially ruinous setback when the Senate's second-ranking Republican said the U.S. nuclear treaty with Russia should not be considered until next year.

The statement Tuesday by Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.) stunned the White House and Democrats, who scrambled to save the pact. It came just days after Obama declared that ratifying the treaty was his top foreign-policy priority for the lame-duck session of Congress.

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More News On The START Treaty

Senators Retreat to Caucus Meetings Amid Dimmed Prospects for Nuclear Treaty -- Global Security Newswire
Senate Leader Deals Blow to President on Arms Treaty -- New York Times
START Takes Another Hit -- Wall Street Journal
START Treaty Becomes Political Football -- CBS News
As Washington Waffles on Nuclear Treaty, Frustration Builds in Moscow -- ABC News
Clinton, Kerry, and Lugar: We need to do New START this year -- The Cable/Foreign Policy
Obama will push for arms deal by end of the year -- USA Today
White House predicts START passage this year -- AFP
White House believes Russia treaty will pass this year -- Reuters
White House Vows to Pass START This Year Despite Republican Opposition -- Voice of America
White House: Obama not backing down on nuke pact -- AP
Clinton: The Fight for START Isn't Over -- Elizabeth Weingarten, The Atlantic
Start Stopped -- Joe Klein, Time Magazine
Republican irresponsibility on START -- Adam Serwer, Washington Post