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February 10, 2017

Report: Trump Tells Russia's President the U.S. Won't Renew Nuclear Treaty
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Meanwhile, Reuters reported Thursday that President Trump denounced a
treaty limiting U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads as a
"bad deal for the United States" during a call with Russian President
Vladimir Putin. Reuters cited three unnamed officials with knowledge of
the January 28 discussion who said Putin asked Trump whether he favored
extending the New START treaty, which was approved in 2010. Trump
reportedly paused the discussion to ask his aides what the treaty was,
before telling Putin it was one of several bad deals negotiated by the
Obama administration and that it favored Russia.


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