Thursday, December 23, 2010

Senate Approves U.S.-Russia Arms Treaty

GlobalSecurity.org  "Following are details of the treaty, as previously reported by American Forces Press Service:"
http://terrellaftermath.com/
Ratification All But Certain  "Other GOP Sens. including Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., have indicated they will be satisfied by planned changes to ratification resolution language to reflect a White House committement to fund missle defense. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is shopping the amendment to the resolution of ratification.
"The amendment does not tweak treaty language, so its passage would not force the United States to renegotiate the accord with Russia."

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