The upcoming lame-duck session of Congress is the "last" and "best" opportunity for the Senate to ratify the follow-on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a senior State Department official told a packed room at the U.S. Institute of Peace this morning. Ellen Tauscher, the under secretary of state for arms control and international security, emphasized that having the Senate ratify the treaty, called New START, before newly elected senators take their seats is imperative because the Democrats still enjoy a substantial...
