PRAGUE — Reaching anew for peace, President Barack Obama and Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday signed a treaty to shrink their nations'
nuclear arsenals, the biggest such pact between the former Cold War foes
in a generation.
Tenaciously negotiated by even the leaders themselves, the treaty
commits their nations to slash the number of strategic nuclear warheads
by one-third and more than halve the number of missiles, submarines and
bombers carrying them.
In a lavish chamber within the Czech capital's presidential castle
complex, the two presidents put their names to history. The treaty must
be now be ratified by Russia's parliament and by the U.S. Senate, where
the White House lobbying effort is under way. MORE>>>>>>>
