Obama Administration hopes that the lame duck Senate will pass the nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia have been diminished. According to a story by Laura Rozen in Politico, “… a Nov. 5 memo from the Republican Policy Committee to Senate GOP staffers asserts that ‘it’s not time for the Senate to vote’ on the U.S.-Russian strategic arms control treaty.’”  The memo said: “Although the treaty may very well preserve the ability of the United States to modernize its nuclear forces, it in no way answers the question of whether the Obama Administration is sufficiently committed to that end.” According to Rozen, Republican Policy Committee national security staffer Michael Stransky wrote the memo, which reviews the points in a State Department fact sheet on new START that was distributed last week.

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