US And Russia To Begin Nuclear Negotiations

There isn't much I've been happy about with the Obama administration but here is a sign that some good might finally get accomplished. In July Mr. Obama will be visiting Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow to discuss shrinking both countries nuclear arsenals. While decreasing the amount of weapons sounds good on the surface, its not that good since the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty only requires the countries to shrink their arsenals to somewhere between 1,700 -2,200 warheads. That treaty expiries at the end of this year. Hopefully these talks will lead to the setting of a better goal, like total elimination.

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