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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10284
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) us/russia

US Senate ratifies START treaty

Brussels, 23/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 22 December, the U.S. Senate approved the new version of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) signed by Russia and the US last April. A group of 13 US Senators from the Republican Party, which was hostile to the treaty, joined Democrat Senators to sign this decision. This enabled the necessary two-thirds majority to be reached for ratification (71 senators voted in favour, with 26 against). This final approval of the treaty, which...

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