U.S. approval of arms pact with Russia looking shaky
WASHINGTON (AP) Senate approval of President Barack Obama s nuclear arms treaty with Russia, which once looked close to a sure thing, is now in jeopardy.
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Sun Staff | 8:02 pm, Nov. 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) Senate approval of President Barack Obama s nuclear arms treaty with Russia, which once looked close to a sure thing, is now in jeopardy.
The administration is scrambling to get enough Republican support in the Senate to ratify the New START treaty before the Democrats majority shrinks by six in January. But Republicans have little incentive to give Obama a big political boost after leaving him reeling from their strong gains in last week s congressional elections.
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On this day, Dec. 30 .
1922: Vladimir Lenin proclaims the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which would last nearly seven decades before dissolving in December 1991.
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1813: British troops burn Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812.
1853: The United States and Mexico sign a treaty under which the U.S. agrees to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.
1916: Grigory Rasputin, the so-called Mad Monk who wielded considerable influence with Czar Nicholas II, is killed by a group of Russian noblemen in St. Petersburg. (AP Photo)
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