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Obama Seeks Deal With Russia to Slash Nuclear Arms

Talks could reduce stockpiles by 80%

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(Newser) – President Obama plans to restart aggressive talks with Russia aimed at reducing both nations' nuclear arsenals by 80% to 1,000 warheads each, the Times of London reports. Obama will set up a special White House office to oversee the talks, aimed at forging a treaty to replace the 1991 START pact. Russia has been more flexible on the subject since Obama announced the US will review plans to put a missile-defense shield in Europe.

“We are going to re-engage Russia in a more traditional, legally binding arms reduction process,” said an administration official. “We are prepared to engage in a broader dialogue with the Russians over issues of concern to them. Nobody would be surprised if the number reduced to the 1,000 mark for the post-START treaty.”

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is seen in front of an intercontinental ballistic missile before its launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia in October.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is seen in front of an intercontinental ballistic missile before its launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia in October.   (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, speaks during an international conference on humanitarian law in St. Petersburg, Russia, in November.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, speaks during an international conference on humanitarian law in St. Petersburg, Russia, in November.   (AP Photo)
In this May 29, 2007, file photo, a new intercontinental ballistic missile, called the RS-24, is launched at the Plesetsk launch, northwestern Russia.
In this May 29, 2007, file photo, a new intercontinental ballistic missile, called the RS-24, is launched at the Plesetsk launch, northwestern Russia.   (AP Photo)
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Feb 3, 09 9:22 PM CST
here we go people, this is why he is president! keeping it cool, mature, and under control instead of handling foreign policy with an American superiority complex. Reply
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russia scares the "bajesus" out of me Reply
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This isn't a new topic, only a new President doing actually what the Presidents before him have done. Reply
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