Topic: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday he was very concerned about plans in the House of Representatives to cut $1 billion from funding to upgrade nuclear weapons infrastructure.Gates told a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee that funding ...
The United States has 30 percent more deployed long-range ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads than former Cold War foe Russia, according to new data released Wednesday by the State Department.Both countries are required to report key figures from their nuclear weapons arsenals ...
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 ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With little time remaining for action by the current Congress, Senate Democrats stepped up pressure on Monday on Republicans to support ratification of the New START nuclear treaty with Russia, saying it was critical for U.S. security."Without this treaty ...
The White House predicted Wednesday that the US Senate will ratify a landmark nuclear treaty with Russia this year despite stiff Republican objections that have clouded the agreement's fate.The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) "will come up and I think the ...
President Barack Obama's hopes to win US Senate approval of a landmark arms control treaty with Russia this year faded abruptly Tuesday, hampering his embattled quest to improve ties with Moscow.The White House's Republican foes threatened to block any effort to ratify ...
Two hundred of the world?s most eminent leaders, in politics, business, religion and miltiary, including American President Obama and Russian President Medvedev, took part and these leaders ?met to address concerns about nuclear armament and world peace. While many remember that the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American knowledge of Russia's nuclear capabilities will dwindle if a new nuclear arms treaty with Moscow is not ratified, the chief U.S. negotiator argued as a Senate panel on Friday scheduled a vote on the document.The new START treaty ...
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