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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Lugar Concerned About Ratification of START from GSN Daily News by By Sara Sorcher

WASHINGTON -- Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) expressed concern yesterday that a lack of focus on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia during the midterm elections season may mean the arms pact doesn't get ratified during the Senate's lame-duck session next month (see GSN, Oct. 22).
(Oct. 28) - Russian Topol-M ICBMs, shown on display during a parade rehearsal in Moscow's Red Square in May. The U.S. Senate might fail in the period following next month's election to ratify a new nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, a top GOP senator said yesterday (Alexander Nemenov/Getty Images).

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