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US Pulling Out of INF Treaty

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - The United States on Friday will pull out of the
   Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty to develop its own new
   warheads after the Russians refused to destroy their new missiles,
   which NATO says violate the pact.

   U.S. President Donald Trump is expressing optimism a new agreement can
   be made to replace the historic Cold War pact.

   "Russia would like to do something on a nuclear treaty and that's OK
   with me. They would like to do something and so would I," Trump said in
   response to a question from VOA on Thursday afternoon.

   But the president, speaking on the White House South Lawn before
   boarding the Marine One helicopter, said, "We didn't discuss the INF"
   when he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin the previous day.

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