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Obama signs START
From Reuters: President Barack Obama has signed documents on Wednesday ratifying the New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia, an imprortant step in reducing the nuclear threat. Under the treaty, Russia and the United States must reduce their deployed strategic…
Read more »New START Treaty to enter into effect
The lower and upper houses of the Russian parliament have ratified the New START Treaty which had already been ratified by the United States Senate. The new Russia-US nuclear disarmament treaty will enter into force on February 5 during an…
Read more »START approved by Senate
By a 71-26 vote, the Senate ratified the START treaty today. This treaty will lead to a reduction in the number of nuclear weapons held by Russia and the United States. Thanks to all who engaged in advocacy on this…
Read more »Bringing START to a finish
Reports indicate that the Senate will vote tomorrow (Wednesday, December 22, 2010) on the new START treaty that would reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by Russia and the United States. It would also reestablish on-site inspections to monitor…
Read more »It’s time to START
Sen. Brown (OH) has announced on behalf of Majority Leader Reid that the Senate will begin floor action on the START treaty tomorrow (Wednesday) at 2:15 pm. Please contact your senators and ask them to vote to ratify START. Here’s…
Read more »Urge Senate to support START
Take five minutes to help get the new START treaty ratified. Contact your Senators! The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness writes: Our political leaders have put listening to the American people at the top of their agenda for the next…
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