President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed today to cut their nuclear arsenals by almost a third in the “most comprehensive” arms treaty in two decades between the former Cold War foes.



 
                    Senior Research Fellow at the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies
 
                    Senior Advisor to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee (2002-2005)
 
                    Chief Negotiator, Strategic Arms reduction talks with the Former Soviet Union
 
                    National Security Council Senior Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs (1993-1997)
March 26, 2010  
 
                  
President Barack Obama said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed today to cut their nuclear arsenals by almost a third in the “most comprehensive” arms treaty in two decades between the former Cold War foes.