Topic: Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers threatened Monday to try to freeze funds for implementing the new START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia if the Obama administration breaks a promise to modernize the U.S. nuclear weapons that remain.The lawmakers may be able ...
MUNICH (Reuters) - The United States and Russia formally inaugurated their new START nuclear arms treaty on Saturday, capping two years of work to "reset" the sometimes strained ties between the former Cold War enemies.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian ...
South Korea called Wednesday for preliminary military talks with North Korea next month, in what would be their first dialogue since the North's deadly shelling of a border island two months ago.Visiting US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg strongly backed the ...
The US Senate was expected to hold a test vote Tuesday on a nuclear arms control pact with Russia, confident of eventual success on one of President Barack Obama's top priorities despite Republican opposition.Leading Democrats said they believed they had enough votes ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fresh from a shared victory on an $858 billion tax-cut package, President Barack Obama pushed on Saturday for congressional approval of the new START nuclear arms treaty with Russia.Obama invoked the late Republican President Ronald Reagan as he used ...
US President Barack Obama said Wednesday he was "confident" that a landmark nuclear arms treaty with Russia would be voted on by US lawmakers before the Christmas break.Obama said he thought the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which he wants ratified ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - Weapons of mass destruction are the biggest problem facing mankind, billionaire Warren Buffett said on Friday, offering to spend significant amounts of money to help reduce their threat."Throughout my lifetime I will be interested in this subject and I ...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and AbroadExcerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:Nov. 28The Intelligencer, Doylestown, Pa., on new federal requirements for street signs:Have you ever driven behind a vehicle that ...
Perhaps most pernicious of all, however, is the quid pro quo that many suspect the White House has agreed to: To date, the White House has refused to publicly release the negotiating record for the treaty. This is why the White House ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican in the Senate denied on Sunday he was obstructing ratification of a new nuclear arms deal with Russia, saying Congress had bigger issues to work on before its Christmas recess.Jon Kyl, the lead Republican negotiator on ...
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