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Article: U.S., Russia agree to reduce nukes; Both presidents defer on missile defense plans.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 7, 2009
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Byline: Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
MOSCOW -- President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday signed a framework for reducing nuclear weapons but put off the thornier issue of U.S. missile defense plans, as both leaders said they have re-established a partnership that Mr. Obama said had seen a sense of drift recently.
The two presidents also agreed to allow U.S. troops and their equipment to fly over Russia en route to Afghanistan, and Mr. Obama proposed a worldwide summit on nuclear security intended to keep nuclear material from falling into terrorist hands.
We have found, I think, an ability to work together extremely ...