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US, Russia finalize nuke treaty

THE US and Russia finalized a nuclear arms treaty yesterday, a key foreign policy goal of US President Barack Obama that will limit the number of atomic warheads the two nations are allowed to possess.

The New START treaty was approved by the US Senate in December after Obama pressed strongly for its passage, and Russia ratified the deal last month.

The treaty goes into effect when US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton exchanges the ratification papers with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

Clinton said the treaty is "another example of the kind of clear-eyed cooperation that is in everyone's interests."

The treaty limits each side to 1,550 strategic warheads, down from 2,200.


 

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