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Washington Post: Lawmakers takes step toward nullifying nuclear arms treaty with Russia

Published May 11, 2018 at 9:29 am

People walk in front of St. Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin on Red Square in Moscow on March 16, 2018.Russia will vote for President on March 18.

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The House Armed Services Committee has moved to nullify a 30-year-old nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, endorsing a measure that would entrust President Trump to decide whether the United States should scrap the deal.

The Republican-led measure, which was added around midnight May 10 to a draft of next year’s defense spending bill, states that the United States will no longer consider the treaty binding without White House verification of Russia’s full compliance.