Obama Says Russia ‘Reset Button’ Has Worked

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Source: NY Times

SINGAPORE — President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia expressed dissatisfaction Sunday with Iran’s response to a nuclear offer made by world powers, raising the prospect that sanctions may be the next step in the West’s ongoing efforts to rein in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

The two men, meeting during an Asia-Pacific summit conference in Singapore before Mr. Obama traveled to Shanghai, also made progress in efforts to negotiate a replacement for a key arms control treaty between the United States and Russia that is set to expire in December, American administration officials said.

While White House officials acknowledged on Sunday that a new pact to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, will not be ratified soon, they said they expect to reach a “bridge” agreement that will preserve the status quo until a new treaty is approved.

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On Iran, administration officials said, Mr. Obama and Mr. Medvedev discussed a timetable for imposing sanctions if Tehran and the West do not soon agree on a proposal in which Iran would send its enriched uranium out of the country, either for either temporary safekeeping or reprocessing into fuel rods.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/world/asia/16prexy.html?_r=1&hp

[Kolesar]

1. We need to quit building nuclear-missile submarines and retire the land based ICBMs

Spend the money on wind turbines or shoes for kids so that the money stays in our economy.

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2. Yet another example of why we are so lucky McPuke isn't President

any why our Prez won the Nobel Peace Prize