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| Senate to okay N-treaty soon: Obama tells Medvedev |
| 2010-11-14 |
[Emirates 24/7] President Barack B.O.Obama has assured Russia's President Dimitri Medvedev on Sunday that getting the US Senate to ratify a new nuclear reduction treaty is a "top priority" of Washington. In talks with Medvedev at the summit of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Obama also reiterated his support for bringing Russia into the World Trade Organisation, calling Russia "an excellent partner". The treaty has been pending in the Senate for months facing resistance. A congressional aide told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that the White House was adding $4.1 billion in funding for the US nuclear arsenal to pick up the necessary votes. Obama said he looked forward to seeing Medvedev again at a Nato summit in Portugal next week. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 More from WMF > BOOK: EX-POTUS BUSH WARNED BEIJING + CHIN PRESIDENT JIANG JEMIN BACK IN 2003 THAT THE US MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP JAPAN FROM DEV NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN RESPONSE TO DPRK'S NUCPROGS. BUSH THREAT OF US AIR STRIKES AGZ NORTH KOREA"S NUCPROGS TO PREVENT DESTABILIZATION OF NE ASIA + SINO-JAPANESE, REGIONAL WAR [China agz anti-DPRK Nuclear Japan]. * SAME > CHINA + CPLA SHOULD ENGAGE IN BILATERAL SINO-US ANTI-TERROR SECURITY COOPER IN EASTPAC, AS A REWRAD FOR CHINA'S GOOD BEHAVIOR, THE US SHOULD OPEN UP GUAM BASE, MIDWAY, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, ETC, + SUPPLIES/LOGISTICS-SHARING WID CPLA * SAME > ROK + JAPANESE MEDIAS: SOUTH KOREA + JAPAN IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR BILATERAL MILITARY, NATIONAL COOPERATION. PROPOSED TERMS INCLUDE JAPANESE SUPPORT FOR SOUTH KOREAN DEV OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA'S MILITARIZED NUCPROGS, PROTECTION OF STATE SECRETS. ROK NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGZ CHINA + NUCLEAR DPRK. * SAME > JAPAN PM NATO KAN: RISING CHINA AT PRESENT IS STILL GEOPOL WEAK HENCE NO NEED FOR JAPAN FOR ESCALATE IN DAOYUS/SENKAKUS ISLANDS DISPUTE WID BEIJING, WARNS THAT CHINA in 5-10 YEARS [circa]2015-2020] MAY INCREASINGLY RESORT TO UNILATERAL MIL FORCE TO SETTLE REGIONAL DISPUTES. * SAME > RISE OF CHINA + ASIA-PACIFIC NATIONS, + SHIFT OF WORLD ECONOMIC CENTRE FROM WEST TO EAST, IS INDUCING THE US-EUROPE TO JEALOUSLY RESIST THE VERY SAME PROCESSES/DYNAMICS OF "GLOBALIZATION" IT SUPPORTED IN THE RECENT PAST. ** WMF POSTER(S) > RUSSIA should sell the former JAPANESE KURILS to China; + also perhaps SAKHALIN??? * SAME > PRE-WAR NAVAL PREPARATIONS: CPLAN ACTIVITIES IN US-SENSITIVE WATERS. CPLAN AT PRESENT IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE OR DEFEAT THE US NAVY IN MAJOR CONVENTIONAL OR LIMITED NUCLEAR NAAL WARFARE BETWEEN OPPOSING FLEETS, + MUST CURR DEPEND ON SUBMARINE-BASED PREEMPTIVE, RETALIATORY NUCLEAR STRIKES. Aka during US-USSR/Soviet Cold War as "USE-IT-OR-LOSE-IT" + "BOLT-FROM-DA-BLUE" [surprise attack] SCENARIOS. Oh yeah, well I'm convinced > D *** NG IT, MOVE ALONG PEOPLE, CLEARLY RISING CHINA DOES NOT WANT NOR NEED WARM-WATER MIL, TRADE PORTS BEYOND THE "FIRST ISLAND CHAIN" HERE! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-15 00:06 |
| #6 OTHER.... To wit, * WMF > RUSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SPOKEMAN VLADIMIR DEREK:TEN SOUTH KOREAN + JAPANESE JSDAF FIGHTERS [F-15's, F-16's, + F-2's] SCRAMBLED + TRIED TO INTERCEPT FOUR RAF TU-95MS STRATEGIC BOMBERS + IL-78 TANKER IN INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE NEAR JAPAN. * SAME > CHINESE EXPERTS: ARTICLE VIII OF 1945 POTSDAM DECLARATION EXPRESSLY LIMITS POST-WAR/SURRENDER JAPANESE SOVEREIGNTY TO HONSHU, HOKKAIDO, KYUSHSU, SHIKOKU, + OTHER ISLANDS IN JAPANESE ARCHIPELAGO, NOT THE DAOYUS [Senkakus] + OKINAWA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-14 23:36 |
| #5 ION RUSS, CHINESE MIL FORUM > CHINA FIRED [mystery] MISSLE SEEN OER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - WAYNE MADSEN. ARTIC > IIUC, IOW China + CPLA is getting revenge on Pearl Harbor, HI [Hawaiian Islands] + EASTPAC, making the same untenable for the USNavy-DOD, as the "FIRST ISLAND CHAIN" is for China??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-11-14 23:28 |
| #4 How does adding $4 billion dollars in funding the nuclear arsenal help pick up votes for a nuclear reduction treaty? It's an inducement to bring aboard reluctant Republican senators during the lame-duck session, though I gather that per Senator Graham, discussions on anti-missile defense were also on the table. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-11-14 14:54 |
| #3 Privately, I am sure Medvedev laughed aloud and shook his head. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-11-14 12:33 |
| #2 won't Obama be embarrassed when the Senate doesn't do his will after he promised Medvedev it would? If he was capable of being embarrassed, he wouldn't be Obama. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-11-14 04:08 |
| #1 The summary of this article raises several questions in my mind: 1.) Why will Obama see Medvedev at a NATO summit, since, as far as I know, Russia is not a part of NATO? 2) How does adding $4 billion dollars in funding the nuclear arsenal help pick up votes for a nuclear reduction treaty? Besides, won't Obama be embarrassed when the Senate doesn't do his will after he promised Medvedev it would? |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-11-14 00:31 |