Saturday, March 22, 2014

Why Is The U.S. State Department Failing To Report Russian Nuclear Missile Treaty Violations?


Failure To Report -- Washington Free Beacon

House leaders seek GAO probe of State Department failure to report Russian nuclear missile treaty violations

Two senior House leaders on Friday requested an investigation by Congress’ General Accountability Office (GAO) into the State Department’s failure to report Russian violations of a 1987 nuclear missile accord.

“It is clear from my subcommittee’s oversight that the administration did not fully disclose what it knew about Russian arms control violations when it was trying to get the New START treaty ratified,” said Rep. Mike Rogers (R., Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces.

“Its all-consuming drive to protect its Russia reset policy has gutted our missile defenses, alienated allies, and only encouraged Vladimir Putin’s lawlessness,” he said in a statement.

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My Comment: See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil.

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