Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The Push To Ratify The Start Treaty Continues


GOP Senator Cites New Intel, Won't Back New START -- Washington Times

Bond joins Kyl in opposition to nuke treaty with Moscow.

A second leading Republican is opposing Senate ratification of the New START treaty based on classified intelligence that the arms pact cannot be verified and that Moscow is manipulating the treaty to prevent the U.S. from expanding missile defenses.

"New START suffers from fundamental flaws that no amount of tinkering around the edges can fix. I believe the better course for our nation, and for global stability, is to put this treaty aside and replace it with a better one," Sen. Christopher S. Bond, Missouri Republican, said in a little-noticed floor statement last week.

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More News On the START Treaty

Republican Senator Says Arms Treaty Isn’t Tough Enough -- New York Times
Kit Bond: Scrap New START -- Wall Street Journal
'The Real Problem with START' -- Daniel Harper, Weekly Standard
The Nuclear Treaty Rush -- Wall Street Journal editorial

The Case for Ratifying New Start -- Vice President Biden, Wall Street Journal
Senate GOP stalling on new arms treaty -- Seattle Times editorial
How does GOP justify blocking nuclear arms control? -- Baltimore Sun
Why is the Obama administration linking Israel and New START? -- Josh Rogin, the Cable/Foreign Policy

ANALYSIS-Obama's uphill drive on START treaty -- Reuters
The era of magical thinking -- The Economist
Gates warns of 'significant consequences' if Senate fails to ratify New START treaty -- L.A. Times
New START's Failure Wouldn't Be Fatal -- Andrei Kortunov. Moscow Times
Passage of new START only a matter of time -- Xinhuanet

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