dollars another sign of the thaw in russia u.s. relations the school duration on afghanistan including the russians agreement to allow nader's supplies to transit through the country the obama administration has also signaled it's ready. to remove russia from the jets and then it command that dates back to the nineteen seventies when the us used it as a trade weapon to push for easy integration from the soviet union to louis scene is unheard of to question his membership of the doubly. u.s. midterm elections have brought about concerns over the future of the reset and the republicans who the obama administration's policies. didn't agree with me but this is certainly was certainly a reminder of the time when both parties thought that the better is for the better right is it a fact of the past or are or are not necessarily you know i think. foreign policy like domestic policy can be an issue where there's a certain amount of domestic politics let me just make one point though about the new congress and the u.s. russian relationship w

and the ratification of the latest russia u.s. arms reduction agreement has been stalled by washington the new start treaty signed in april should cut the two country's nuclear arsenals by a surge but it won't come into force until ratified by both sides something moscow says it's ready to do foreign policy reporter josh rogin explains what's holding washington back. if they've made this decision that they want to postpone the vote on the agreement on next year or if they just want it to go down altogether or not pass at all that's a decision that's going to be made totally absent of the rational substantive arguments for against the treaty how it affects our security this is pure politics it's not really about the merits of the treaty it's about the politics of republicans versus the obama administration you've got the public in leadership who wants to sort of see if they really think this could be a benefit to national security and then you've got this far right group there it is foundation and their friends in some party some m

dollars another sign of the thaw in russia u.s. relations the school duration on afghanistan including russian's agreement to allow nato supplies to transit through the country the obama administration has also signaled it's ready. to remove russia from the jets and then it command that dates back to the nineteen seventies when the us used it as a trade weapon to push for easy integration from the soviet union the louis scene is in a hurry due to aggression is membership of the don't believe. us mid-term elections have brought about concerns over the future of the reset the republicans the obama administration's policies. military didn't agree with me but this is certainly was certainly a reminder of the time when both parties thought that the better is for the better right is it a fact of the trust or are or are not necessarily you know i think. foreign policy like domestic policy can be an issue where there's a certain amount of domestic politics let me just make one point though about the new congress and the u.s. russian relati

do you think that if russia in the u.s. would stop ideology ising their relations the volatile cooperation could develop way faster do you well there you know there's no question that i'm not sure i would call it ideology but i think i would focus more on psychology on both sides and there's no question that the psychology on both sides plays an important part in holding the relationship back as a matter of fact i think that our reporter just now was merely quoting russian foreign minister lavrov this is nearly what he said in japan sure sure sure and you know there's no question like i said that it's an issue there's a lot of mutual suspicion on both sides i think there's a tendency on both sides when. americans see russia doing something or when russians see americans doing something if it's something that they don't like there's a tendency to assume the worst without necessarily having complete information and it's a problem for the relationship you know how do we get beyond that i think there are two ways one way is tim

the ratification of the latest russia u.s. arms reduction agreement has been stalled by washington a new start treaty signed in april should cuts the two country's nuclear arsenals by a third but i won't come into force until ratified by both sides something moscow says it's ready to do and foreign policy reporter josh rogin explains what's holding washington back. if they've made the decision that they want to postpone the vote on the agreement on next year or if they just want it to go down altogether or not pass at all that's a decision that's going to be made totally absent of the rational substantive arguments for against the treaty how it affects our security this is pure politics it's not really about the merits of the treaty it's about the politics of republicans versus the obama administration you've got the public in leadership who wants to sort of see if they really think this could be a benefit to national security and then you've got this far right group the heritage foundation and their friends in some party some

the ratification of the latest russia u.s. arms reduction agreement has been stalled by washington the new start treaty signed in april should cut the two country's nuclear arsenals by surd but it won't come into force until ratified by both sides something moscow says it's ready to do foreign policy reporter josh rogin explains what's holding washington back. if they've made the decision that they want to postpone the vote on the agreement on next year or if they just want it to go down altogether or not pass at all that's a decision that's going to be made totally absent of the rational subsidy arguments for against the treaty how it affects our security this is pure politics it's not really about the merits of the treaty it's about the politics of republicans versus the obama administration you've got the public in leadership who wants to sort of see if they really think this could be a benefit to national security and then you've got this far right group the heritage foundation and their friends in some party some members

the ratification of the latest russia u.s. arms reduction agreement has been stalled by washington the new start treaty signed in april should cut the two country's nuclear arsenals by a third but it won't come into force until ratified by both sides something moscow says it's ready to do foreign policy reporter josh rogin explains what's holding washington back. if they've made the decision that they want to postpone the vote on the agreement on next year or if they just want it to go down altogether or not pass at all that's a decision that's going to be made totally absent of the rational subsidy arguments for against the treaty how it affects our security this is pure politics it's not really about the merits of the treaty it's about the politics of republicans versus the obama administration you've got the public in leadership who wants to sort of see if they really think this could be a benefit to national security and then you've got this far right group the heritage foundation and their friends in some party some membe

. >> reporter: afghanistan and the new u.s.-russia arms treaty were the big stories. u.s. agreed to end the combat mission in afghanistan by the end of 2014 while still offering support and training but the president in a news conference later wouldn't rule out the possibility that u.s. troops could have a combat role in afghanistan even after that. >> hard to anticipate exactly what is going to be necessary to keep the american people safe as of 2014. i'll make that determination when i get there. >> reporter: president obama also sat down with afghan president hamid karzai for the first38& karzai has demanded lower visibility and a much earlier departure date for u.s. troops, but today's meeting was cordial with karzai complimenting the president on the tone of his remarks. >> once in a while i do things right. >> reporter: a fresh start with russia. the secretary general saying that nato and russia -- >> could conceivably, even, cooperate eventually in shooting down an >> reporter: russia's president medvedev joined nato allies in urging the senate to ratify the new sta

the ratification of the latest russia u.s. arms reduction agreement has ground to hold the new start treaty signed in april should cut the two country's nuclear arsenals by a third but it won't come into force until ratified by both sides something moscow says it's ready to do foreign policy reporter josh rogin explains what's holding washington back. if they've made the decision that they want to postpone the vote on the agreement on next year or if they just want it to go down altogether or not pass at all that's a decision that's going to be made totally absent of the rational substantive arguments for against the treaty how it affects our security this is pure politics it's not really about the merits of the treaty it's about the politics of republicans versus the obama administration you've got the public in leadership who wants to sort of see if they really think this could be a benefit to national security and then you've got this far right group the heritage foundation and their friends in some party some members of th

the ratification of the latest russia u.s. arms reduction agreement has ground to hold the new start treaty signed in april should cut the two country's nuclear arsenals by a third but i won't come into force until ratified by both sides something moscow says it's ready to do foreign policy reporter josh rogin explains what's holding washington back. if they've made this decision that they want to postpone the vote on the agreement on next year or if they just want it to go down altogether or not pass at all that's a decision that's going to be made totally absent of the rational substantive arguments for against the treaty how it affects our security this is pure politics it's not really about the merits of the treaty it's about the politics of republicans versus the obama administration you've got the public in leadership who wants to sort of see if they really think this could be a benefit to national security and then you've got this far right group marriage foundation and their friends in some party some members of the te

just going to be against it off together who stands to benefit those who want to put an end to the u.s. russia reset as put forth by the administration the bottom line here is that what they have to benefit is to deliver a huge foreign policy failure to the bomb ministration what we have here is their white house putting all of the credibility of the reset process on this agreement and it's also one of the only few foreign policy successes that they can really count this year so if this goes down this looks very bad for obama it looks very bad for the senate democrats it looks very bad for those republicans who want to work with senate democrats so there is a new thinking about russia both of the administration and congress but for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction so those who are skeptical of the u.s. russia relationship are ripping up their efforts to oppose this new dynamic and that's what we're seeing here and unfortunately the takeover of the house foreign affairs committee by a noted russia skeptic representative ross lane and points to increased power for thi

dollars another sign of the thaw in russia u.s. relations the school duration on afghanistan including russia's agreement to allow nader's supplies to transit through the country the obama administration has also signaled it's ready. to remove russia from the jets and then the command that dates back to the nineteen seventies when the us used it as a trade weapon to push for easy integration from the soviet union to louis scene is unheard of to russia's membership of the dudley. u.s. midterm elections have brought about concerns over the future of the reset and the republicans who the obama administration's policies. military didn't agree with me but this is certainly was certainly a reminder of the time when both parties thought that the better is for the better right is it a fact of the past or are or not necessarily you know i think. foreign policy like domestic policy can be an issue where there's a certain amount of domestic politics let me just make one point though about the new congress and the u.s. russian relationship whi

russia is to sell ten percent of state owned bank to the u.s. based t.p.d. capital newspaper also reports that merrill lynch with the selling agent the deal which is an estimated three billion dollars this will be the first step with the state privatization program announced that this year. the bric countries will spearhead the growth of global tourism according to a world travel market report with many south american and european markets already developed operators are clicking keenly at other emerging nate destinations in jail and china will increasingly attract and generate tourists while european travel come you see russia as a key growth market. that shop date for this album you can always buy more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business. wealthy british style. pastime to cut ties with. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on r g. a moment when the world has changed forever. thousands pounced to not

do you think that if russia in the u.s. would stop ideology ising their relations the volatile cooperation could develop way faster do you well there you know there's no question that i'm not sure i would call it ideology but i think i would focus more on psychology on both sides and there's no question that the psychology on both sides plays an important part in holding the relationship back as a matter of fact i think that our reporter just now i was merely quoting russian foreign minister lavrov this is merely what he said in japan sure sure sure and you know there's no question like i said that it's an issue there's a lot of mutual suspicion on both sides i think there's a tendency on both sides when. americans see russia doing something or when russians see americans doing something if it's something that they don't like there's a tendency to assume the worst without necessarily having complete information and it's a problem for the relationship i you know how do we get beyond that i think there are two ways one way is

well republican gains in congress may also stall the ratification of the latest russia u.s. arms reduction agreement but u.s. undersecretary of state for arms control has urged lawmakers to ratify it before next year that's when the new session of the senate will begin the new start treaty signed by both presidents in april should cut the two country's nuclear arsenals by a third but it won't come into force until ratified by both sides something moscow says it's ready to do foreign affairs journalist josh rogin gives his explanation of what's holding washington back. if they've made the decision that they want to postpone the vote on the agreement on next year or if they just want it to go down altogether or not pass at all that's a decision that's going to be made totally absent of the rational substantive arguments for against the treaty how it affects our security this is pure politics it's not really about the merits of the treaty it's about the politics of republicans versus the obama administration you've got the public in leadership who wants to sort of see if they r

the ratification of the latest russia u.s. reduction agreement has been stalled by washington the new start treaty signed in april and should cut the two country's nuclear arsenals by a third but it wouldn't come into force until ratified by both sides something moscow says it's ready to do foreign policy reporter josh rogin explains what's holding washington back. if they've made this decision that they want to postpone the vote on the agreement on next year or if they just want it to go down altogether or not pass at all that's a decision that's going to be made totally absent of the rational substantive arguments for against the treaty how it affects our security this is pure politics it's not really about the merits of the treaty it's about the politics of republicans versus the obama administration you've got the public in leadership who wants to sort of see if they really think this could be a benefit to national security and then you've got this far right group marriage foundation and their friends in some party some me

republican gains in congress may also stall the ratification of the latest russia u.s. arms reduction agreement the us secretary of state control has urged lawmakers to ratify it before next year that's when the new session of the senate will begin the new start treaty signed by both presidents in april and should cut the two country's nuclear arsenals by a third but it won't come into force until ratified by both sides something moscow says it's ready to do foreign affairs journalist josh rogin gives his explanation of what's holding washington back. if they've made this decision that they want to postpone the vote on the agreement come next year or if they just want to go down altogether or not pass at all that's a decision that's going to be made totally absent of the rational substantive arguments for against the treaty how it affects our security this is pure politics it's not really about the merits of the treaty it's about the politics of republicans versus the obama administration you've got the public in leadership who wants to sort of see if they really think

building u.s. russia relations so i think that the start treaty. in the next senate. should have an opportunity for a hearing and for a positive vote it would be absolutely wrong for anyone to try to demonize russia at a time when we need russia's cooperation in order to limit the amount of nuclear weapons that are present in the world congressman thanks so much always an interesting conversation thank you very much. this is just a parliament building in the urban. slum. sixty five years ago it was the final chargers. to meet your fund some for the army. sculpture became the symbol on the foremost financial settlement. on the fig tree where nazi germany. the fall of muslims are cheap. little beasts and which brightened. only the sun from the funniest impressions. don't come. the headlines here on r.t. and leaders of the world's twenty richest nations off heads together in seoul as they brainstorm a financial revival but the threat of currency wars is casting a shadow over the summit with some count

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decide to extradite him to the u.s. it happened within a matter of hours victor but its own wife said that she wasn't able to get to the prison in time to even say good bye to him so is that of a clear sign here that there was a lot of political pressure. that's a clear sign to me that the u.s. law enforcement wanted mr boot by to the u.s. as quickly as possible in our extradition cases it's not unusual that if the u.s. government wants someone to be returned to the u.s. that they're going to act as quickly as possible in order to make sure that that individual is returned to the u.s. and the and that there's no further delay now tell me this how is this going to play out in court i mean is this man going to have a jury trial he's known he's been nicknamed the merchant of death i can't really imagine how anybody would be objective after that point. it's going to be difficult there's a significant amount of pretrial publicity of course they've been books written about mr boot he has he is facing a two separate federal in

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building u.s. russia relations so i think that the start treaty. in the next senate should have an opportunity for a hearing and for a positive vote it would be absolutely wrong for anyone to try to demonize russia at a time when we need russia's cooperation in order to limit the amount of nuclear weapons that are present in the world congressman thanks so much always an interesting conversation thank you very much. easier. they say steve this is not a production looking worn out of. the forces of the shittiest just everybody is sure it's a pretty tree species they have no idea about the hardships the you face me of. late one it's this is. all too nice to sit in the army the life of you see them is the most precious thing in the world. years of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live it it's. real life stories from world war two six. victories nineteen forty five gold on t. dot com. a moment when the world has changed forever. thousands pounced to nothingn

russia has a full support of the u.s. and he said actually said the russia belongs to w t o he spoke with the russian side they said that they expected this to happen at the earliest this spring two thousand and eleven. recently we've made serious progress in terms of russia's decision to do this is an achievement by the american president and his team. he lived up to all the agreements reached during my visit to washington i hope this process will continue and brush it will soon access the. main topic of today's china for the two presidents positively positive results are that of the start treaty ratification so it is very important that this is making ahead remaking the progress and the commitment is coming from the us president on this matter. of reporting the political analyst mikhail trotsky thinks any possible non-drug of occasion of the nuclear treaty would do serious damage to u.s. russia relations but he says there are other areas where the two could continue they reset different considers moves in advance and th

has helped improve u.s./russia strategic cooperation in general on other issues. the treaty, in my mind, while it can be critiqued here and there, and keith's done a very good job on some specific points, nonetheless, the generally solid enough that i don't worry about whether in theory the bomber loophole could allow one side or the other to theoretically increase its forces, and i'm not too worried about how one particular way we could deploy missile defense may be constrained because the overall possibilities for missile defense are, generally, wide open for american and russian consideration. but what i'm interested in is seeing that the u.s./russia relationship is, actually, i think, much improved, and this is not, by the way, a critique of how the u.s./russia relationship or arms control were handled under george w. bush. i actually agreed pressure with his approach to arms control which was essentially to say the u.s./russia strategic detail should matter anymore the way it used to. let's just do a three-page treaty, let's agree among gentlemen -- mr. putin

russia has the full support of the u.s. and he said actually said the russia belongs at w.v.u. he spoke with the russian side they said that they expected this to happen at the earliest this spring two thousand and eleven. recently we've made serious progress in terms of russia's decision to the this is an achievement by the american president and his team. he lived up to all the agreements reached during my visit to washington i hope this process will continue and bush it will soon access the. main topic in today's china for the two presidents positively positive results are that of the start treaty ratification so it is very important that this is making ahead remaking the progress and the commitment is coming from the us president on this matter. of reporting well political list of. things any possible non ratification of nuclear cuts treaty would do serious damage to u.s. russia relations but he says there are other areas where the two could continue their reset if considers moves in advance and thinks them all terribly

building u.s. russia relations so i think that the start treaty. in the next senate should have an opportunity for a hearing and for a positive vote it would be absolutely wrong for anyone to try to demonize russia at a time when we need russia's cooperation in order to limit the amount of nuclear weapons that are present in the world congressman thanks so much always an interesting conversation thank you very much. the official. from the. video. and. the international. leaders of the world's richest nations are putting their heads together in seoul is the. revival but the threat is casting a shadow over some countries. to keep themselves afloat to the. russian side to form a fallen intelligence. was simply a hoax. but officials in. the u.s. . programs continue next the second world war secrets the spent decades hidden at the bottom of the black sea looks at what they might tell us about the twentieth century's most brutal conflict. with the bags packed and supplies loaded the year's main event is

building u.s. russia relations so i think that the start treaty. in the next senate. should have an opportunity for a hearing and for a positive vote it would be absolutely wrong for anyone to try to demonize russia at a time when we need russia's cooperation in order to limit the amount of nuclear weapons that are present in the world congressman thanks so much always an interesting conversation thank you very much. wealthy british style. that's not on. the. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. a moment when the world has changed forever. thousands passed to nothingness. thousands wounded. man noon to suffer to enter the land. that was the first but probably not the last military uses of this weapon. call many more will be come. children in common get on in the future. to be soon which brightened if you knew about someone from finest impressions

and russia in just a moment. and again this is all see the headline. who calls the latest spying scandal in georgia a political fallout saying thirteen people accused of secretly working for russia innocent victims of the still is but president saakashvili attention seeking before the nato summit. over to iraq forces locals to take desperate measures to make a living some missiles to smuggling alcohol into the neighboring the world risking down across the border in a country where booze is strictly forbidden. and for the first time in history the united states has been accused by the united nations human rights council of human rights abuses then again. also he's emerged that next wasn't george w. bush personally also rise to train and to regain the u.s. is also accused of racial discrimination and. there's the headlines back now to part two of the i don't know. well it's time for tonight's to all time award and we're giving it to the half term governor of alaska sarah pailin the darling of the ride made her reality show debut last night in the first e

it will contribute to a stronger u.s.-russia relationship. we have seen over the last 15 months as the treaty has been developed, you have seen a better relationship with moscow that has yielded some specific benefits in terms of russia helping to provide more access and providing supplies to american forces in nato and afghanistan. over the last year and a half, you have seen russia take a much tougher attitude toward iran. that reset has been driven to a fair degree by the new start treaty. i do believe it is going to be ratified in the end. i think the arguments are compelling. at the end of the day, it is difficult for me to see how serious republican senators in the end can justify opposing a treaty that has been supported unanimously by the joint chiefs of staff, by the manager of the strategic command who operates all strategic nuclear centers, and other republican statesmen. a former national security advisor has endorsed it. so i am optimistic on ratification. i hope it happens sooner than 2011 because i think that gaining access to

well top u.s. officials have the outgoing senate to ratify their latest nuclear cuts treaty with russia in the next six weeks democrats fear republican gains in the midterm elections will hamper america's reset with russia if it's left until the new year military experts say america's national security depends on ratification but as r.t. is a guy in a chicken reports many republicans are bent on scrapping the deal. obviously this is going to be a last minute push to get this landmark deal passed through the senate before you newly elected officials step into office in january there is a very tense part of going game going on here in washington on the a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the fight is not about the content of the treaty but rather about scoring political points and the point scoring is expected to intensify after republicans gain a considerably bigger influence in the senate in january compared to what they have now the republican senate minority leader has already sa

we made our offer to the previous u.s. and ministration we also had some preliminary discussions with with nato and russia wants to have a system of the european security that was the reason actually one of the reasons behind the president in the end of proposed maybe it was proposals which he made in in summer two thousand and eight saying that it's time to talk about the new architecture of european style but what rasmussen is talking about in moscow today doesn't seem to be an answer to what medvedev said two years ago it's something that something needs at least this is my impression it's it's some kind of a new situation new development well they're well on if if it is so if it is so and we will know the results of his meeting with president bush to give pretty soon and won't. if it is so it should be well it should be given. proper consideration it should be discussed in moscow and should be discussed also in the russian parliament in defense of security committee and foreign affairs committee where if there is a con

we made our offer to the previous u.s. and ministration we also had some preliminary discussions with with nato and russia wants to have a system of the european security that was the reason actually one of the reasons behind the president of you'd have proposed maybe it was proposals which he made in in summer two thousand and eight saying that it's time to talk about the new architecture of european sea but what rasmussen is talking about in moscow today doesn't seem to be an answer to what made that have said two years ago it's something it's something we need at least this is my impression it's it it's some kind of a new situation new development well they're well on if if it is so if it is so and we will know the results of his meeting with president that is pretty soon and well if it is so it should be while it should be given. proper consideration it should be discussed in moscow and should be discussed also in the russians. element in defense of security committee and foreign affairs committee if there is a concret

u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton as the senate to ratify a landmark nuclear deal with russia as republicans threaten to block its progress. and teetering on the brink eurozone finance ministers brainstorm a banking recovery with struggling a survival package. with twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is here in moscow good to have you with this. russian business when vic to boot is being held in a high security prison in new york after his extradition from tahn and dumped the merchant of death for allegedly trafficking weapons around the world he faces life in prison on terrorism charges in america moscow says the decision to hand him over to the u.s. is extreme injustice and promise to support him all means marina port not reports from you. we know the russian businessman will also be appearing before a judge one pm new york city. time as you mentioned he's being held at a federal prison the metropolitan correctional center in lower manhattan where sever

under the new accord, the u.s. and russia agreed to cut deployed strategic warheads by 30%, to 1,550 apiece. and cap ballistic missile launchers and bombers at 800 each. the treaty delete easily cleared the senate foreign relations committee in september, with three out of seven republicans voting yes. but it needs 67 votes in the full senate. republicans have a number of complaints, but kyl has focused mainly on the need to upgrade the u.s. nuclear arsenal and labs. this past weekend, the obama administration upped its offer to fund modernization, to $84 billion over 10 years. but today, moderate republican ohio senator george voinovich said voting now would be a rush to judgment. in japan last weekend, president obama told russian president dmitri medvedev that he wanted senate action soon. >> i reiterated my commitment to get the start treaty done during the lame duck session. and i've communicated to congress it is a top priority. >> warner: now it appears the president will go empty-handed when he meets with m

time but u.s. congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before the new members are sworn in to have a different. mass murder that has shocked russia. following the slaughter of twelve people in the southern region. we are at the same . a very warm welcome to you this is the life from moscow a striking injustice russia has called thailand's extradition of businessman victor boot to the u.s. moscow says the move was the result of unprecedented political pressure by washington the u.s. accuses bood all of a number of crime trying to sell weapons to rebels in colombia journalists brings us the latest from time. after the thai cabinet made its decision this morning mr byrd was rushed immediately to the airport by about fifty elite special forces including police snipers and handed straight over to u.s. drug enforcement agencies who took off and headed straight to america but really it's in retrospect it's no surprise that they did this ever since mr bird was arres

top u.s. officials have urged the outgoing santa to ratify the latest nuclear cuts treaty with russia before the on the here they say america's national security depends on prompt ratification but as r.t. is going to check our reports manner republicans are banned on scrapping the deal. obviously this is going to be a last minute push to get this landmark deal passed through the senate before you newly elected officials step into office in january there is a very tense partisan game going on here in washington and the a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the fight is not about the content of the treaty but rather about scoring political points and the point scoring because it is expected to intensify after republicans gain a considerably bigger influence in the senate in january compared to what they have now the republican senate minority leader has already said their priority will be to have obama voted out of office in two thousand and twelve so basically to make sure that t

u.s. the final session the started before president obama sees the democrat majority in january when it will get much tougher for him to get his policies through when i can has more now from washington d.c. . obviously this is going to be a last minute push to get this landmark deal passed through the senate before you newly elected officials step into office in january there is a very tense partisan game going on here in washington and the a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the fight is not about the content of the treaty but rather about scoring political points and the point scoring because it is expected to intensify after republicans gain a considerably bigger influence in the senate in january compared to what they have now the republican senate minority leader has already said their priority will be to have obama voted out of office in two thousand and twelve so basically to make sure that the president fails on his major initiatives so the obama administration is

under the new accord, the u.s. and russia agreed to cut deployed strategic warheads by 30%, to 1,550 apiece. and cap ballistic missile launchers and bombers at 800 each. the treaty delete easily cleared the senate foreign relations committee in september, with three out of seven republicans voting yes. but it need67 votes in the full senate. republicans have a number of complaints, but kyl has focused mainly on the need to upgrade the u.s. nuclear arsenal and labs. this past weekend, the obama administration upped its offer to fund modernization, to $84 billion over 10 years. but today, moderate republican ohio senator george voinovich said voting now would be a rush to judgment. in japan last weekend, president obama told russian president dmitri medvedev that he wanted senate action soon. >> i reiterated my commitment to get the start treaty done during the lame duck session. and i've communicated to congress it is a top priority. >> warner: now it appears the president will go empty-handed when he meets with med

our correspondent going to speak more about russia u.s. production across the tom cleanings research director of control mystically very good evening to you thanks for being on r.t. so president obama has made his last appeal to congress tonight the big question is how to see mothers to sway those republican senators opposing it will short term. well i'm very cautiously optimistic that we're going to get a vote on the new start treaty by the end of the year in part because i think president obama has been very clear that that's what you want to happen so much so these only to make it his second highest priority and he's really challenging the republicans to get in his way and i think for most republicans they simply don't want to be on the other side of a treaty that the u.s. military source strongly supports both russian and american leaders and other international figures have been saying that this deals of huge importance that should be passed as quickly as possible is there any mollett in the thought that the unwillingness of some in t

and the u.s. by a third it's meant to increase the level of trust between the two nuclear superpowers it's meant to show an example of nonproliferation to other countries and is expected to pave the way for u.s. russia cooperation in other areas as well and many believe what's on the line now is the well advertised we said not ratifying the treaty could well put the leaders other cooperation plans on. going to japan reporting there now u.s. and afghan officials are trying to downplay a potential fallout between the two countries this comes after president hamid karzai slammed washington's war tactics in afghanistan karzai demanded the u.s. led coalition reduce its military operations in the country and he also called for an ant to night raids against suspected taliban commanders which often result in civilian casualties but the u.s. state secretary hillary clinton says surgical strikes are to winning the war the exchange of statements comes just days before a crucial nato summit with the alliance

top u.s. officials have urged the outgoing satta to ratify the latest nuclear cuts treaty with russia in the next six weeks democrats fear republican gains in the midterm elections will hamper america's reset with russia if it's left until the new year military experts say america's national security depends on prompt ratification by the us artie's guy next to count reports many republicans are banned on scrapping the deal. obviously this is going to be a last minute push to get this landmark deal passed through the senate before you newly elected officials step into office in january there is a very tense part is going game going on here in washington on the a lot of observers say that for many on capitol hill the five is not about the content of the treaty but rather about scoring political points and the point scoring is expected to intensify after republicans gain a considerably bigger influence in the senate in january compared to what they have now the republican senate minority leader h

in afghanistan how crucial russia's cooperation was on iran's and some other aspects of u.s. russia reset and everybody here realizes that the new start is sort of the milestone of this reset in terms of substance and key questions concerns whatever senators had regarding the new start treaty those were all a brand new start is quite simply a common sense or agreement. to control the world's most dangerous weapons and then have stability between the two countries two countries that preserve us over ninety percent of them and what are completely opposite irresponsible decision it would be if the united states senate just got bogged down in politics and walked away from this moment unwilling to make that kind of decision that offers the kind of leadership that the world that i think certainly the american people expect us to make that country's military unanimously testified in support for the treaty and number of former secretary of state both republican and democrat former defense secretaries all fed having started is in u.s. national interest so there is a huge bipartisan su