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Saturday, March 27, 2010

U.S. and Russia To Reduce Nuclear Weapons By One-Third

Does this mean that the U.S. will reduce it's stock by 2/3? That would be fair given that Russia is a poorer nation and social justice would demand that.

U.S., Russia to slash nukes by one-third

Tom Raum and Robert Burns / Associated Press

Washington -- The United States and Russia sealed the first major nuclear weapons treaty in nearly two decades Friday.

The former Cold War rivals agreed to slash warhead arsenals by nearly one-third and talked hopefully of eventually ridding a fearful world of nuclear arms altogether.

President Barack Obama said the pact was part of an effort to "reset" relations with Russia that have been badly frayed. And at home the agreement gave him the biggest foreign policy achievement of his presidency, just days after he signed the landmark health care overhaul that has been his domestic priority.

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