US President Barack Obama (R) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev (… Graphic on the global stockpile of nuclear weapons. The Obama administratio… US President Barack Obama said he felt “reasonably good” about the chances of the Senate ratifying a major nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia this year. The Obama administration has been locked in heated negotiations with Republican lawmakers over the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which slashes US and Russian nuclear arsenals. “My hope and expectation is that given this is a good treaty, given it has the support…
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Obama confident on ratifying START treaty