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    "National Security Adviser James Jones will travel to Moscow this week for talks aimed at forging a new U.S.-Russian agreement on limiting their nuclear arsenals, the White House said Tuesday. Jones, a retired U.S. general, is to meet with senior Russian officials for talks on an arms agreement that would succeed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expires Dec. 5." (10/28/09) Full Article at Rational Review
    National Security Adviser James Jones will travel to Moscow this week for talks aimed at forging a new U.S.-Russian agreement on limiting their nuclear arsenals, the White House said Tuesday. Jones, a retired U.S. general, is to meet with senior Russian officials for talks on an arms agreement that would succeed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expires Dec. 5.
    SOURCE: Rational Review 4 weeks ago

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