GOP lawmakers 'have kept powder dry' . . .

Kyl Doesn't Expect START Treaty Ratification During Current Session

/ July 27, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Don't expect the Senate to complete ratification of the follow-on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty anytime soon, according to Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ). Kyl, who spoke at a July 20 Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis-sponsored symposium on Capitol Hill, didn't exude much optimism that the treaty could be ratified before the end of this year. "There are so many things that we have not yet had permission to read," Kyl said, including the State Department's record of the negotiations between U.S...

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