Crouch: Congress, Duma Likely to Review New Strategic Agreement

By Thomas Duffy / May 1, 2002 at 5:00 AM
A Pentagon official said today that the new strategic forces agreement the United States and Russia are negotiating would likely be submitted to Congress and the Russian Duma for approval even though the Bush administration does not consider the document a traditional arms control treaty that requires congressional consent. J.D. Crouch, the assistant secretary of defense for international security policy, told reporters this morning that both sides are exploring a legally binding agreement that will set new limits on the...

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