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US, Russia Sign Nuclear Reduction Pact

HeadlineApr 08, 2010

President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have signed a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty to replace the expired Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of 1991. Obama and Medvedev added their signatures to the pact at a ceremony earlier today in Prague. While Obama has said the treaty will cut the US and Russia nuclear arsenals by a third, arms-control experts have warned the figure is misleading because the new pact uses different counting rules than previous agreements.

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