Posts Tagged: start

Time for New START

Last Thursday, the Obama administration sent the new START Treaty to the Senate for ratification. Now we can ask our Senators to vote in favor of this important first step to reduce the global nuclear threat, prevent the further spread…

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Next steps after START

Urge your Senators to declare publicly their support for speedy action on the new START treaty. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has long supported securing nuclear materials from terrorists and reducing the number of nuclear armaments. For decades the General Assembly…

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Reflections on START

Various individuals, faith communities, think tanks, advocacy groups and more have commented on the recently signed START treaty that would reduce the number of nuclear arms held by the United States and Russia. Here are some of them: Statement by…

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It’s a START

President Obama of the United States and President Medvedev of Russia will meet in Prague, Czech Republic, today to sign a new strategic arms control agreement. In the United States, the treaty will go to the Senate which must ratify…

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