Update: New START
On December 22, the U.S. Senate voted in strong bipartisan fashion (71-26) to ratify the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) agreement, which will re-establish mutual, on-the-ground verification of American and Russian nuclear arsenals, and cut the deployed strategic weapons on each side by about 1/3.
Now that the votes are cast, we can reflect on what it all means. So what does the ratification of the New START treaty tell us about where we’ve come from, where we are, and what’s next the horizon? Head over to the blog to read our thoughts on ratification, and our thoughts on the “Ghosts of New START Past, Present, and Future.“
And stay tuned in the coming months for ways that you can get involved and take practical steps to pursue peace and a future free from the threat of nuclear weapons in 2011.
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