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U.S. and Russia Aiming for a New START

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Posted on Mar 18, 2010
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AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko

Smiles and stripes: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov play nice before their talks in Moscow on Thursday.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton winged her way to Moscow on Thursday to go over the nitty-gritty details of a new arms control agreement with Russian leaders that is targeted to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) of 1991, but a successful outcome is by no means guaranteed in this round of negotiations.  —KA

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In Moscow, Mrs. Clinton will also meet with leaders from the European Union and the United Nations, as well as Russia, to discuss the fallout from a sharp conflict between the United States and Israel over the Israeli government’s announcement last week of a housing plan for Jews in East Jerusalem.

Although an arms deal could theoretically be announced while Mrs. Clinton is in Moscow, the months of tortuous negotiations have made administration officials extremely leery of predicting the end of a process they had once claimed would be wrapped up by the end of last year.

In recent weeks, Mr. Obama has thrust himself into the negotiations, speaking twice by phone with Mr. Medvedev in the last three weeks. In the first call, Mr. Obama was surprised to hear the Russian president raise several fresh hurdles, including the revised American plan for a missile-defense system, which Mr. Obama believed had been settled by negotiators in Geneva.

“Every time you think you’re done, new issues pop up in Geneva, and what seemed like trivia become major political issues,” said another senior administration official, speaking on the condition on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

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By rollzone, March 18, 2010 at 8:41 pm Link to this comment

hello. it is easy to interpret the bungling of so
much foreign capital as being intentional. i just do
not think they are that evilly ulterior motivated.
they just gave the Ruskies rights to drill for oil on
the Cuban side of our Gulf of Mexico. that would be
40 miles from the Florida Keys. i say let the
missiles fly. stop putting off the inevitable, and
push the launch button. blow everyone else off the
face of this earth, and we will start it all over
again, better. tell everyone to duck and cover. what
a mockery they make today of doing business, in the
name of foreign affairs diplomacy. human rights are
out of style. it’s all about cutting fossil fuel
energy deals, when free hydrogen energy can be had
now, for everyone. a complete mockery of great
diplomatic statesmen from all countries of years
past. sign a contract, drink some alcohol, and dance.
it shames me to be represented by such an inept
foreign relations administration.

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By ofersince72, March 18, 2010 at 7:33 pm Link to this comment

Samo..
It is I that owed you the apol..sorri…
I always have liked ur posts…. I will try to keep more
keel ...

little miss priss has a lot of gull to ask Iran for any
insurances

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By samosamo, March 18, 2010 at 6:24 pm Link to this comment

Looks as if little ms. priss has gone in for some much needed
physical ego enhancement, before long she and pelosi will look
exactly alike and that would never do; be like both showing up
at one of those fancy formal washington formal affairs wearing
the same dress and both with their ‘plastic’ perpetual teeth
clinching grins that only the best surgeons know how to make.

As for the nice look, I would that both be showing frowns
instead of those smiles as I think russia is far too quiet about
this whole american imperialism thing.

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