Clinton: Ratify Nuke Treaty with Russia
CNN reports:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Senate ratification of the new nuclear arms treaty with Russia on Wednesday, stressing that it's a critical component of U.S. efforts to keep tabs on Moscow's arsenal.
"It will advance our national security and provide predictability and stability" between the world's top two nuclear powers, she told reporters at the State Department.
There is nothing in the measure that will prevent the United States from modernizing its arsenal and maintaining a "safe, secure and effective" deterrent, she said.
The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, signed in April by President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, cuts the total number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and Russia by about a third. Specifically, it fixes a ceiling for each country of 1,550 nuclear warheads and 700 deployed nuclear delivery vehicles.
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