President Barack Obama’s efforts to significantly curtail U.S. nuclear weapons without seeking the proper Senate approval are at best misguided and worst illegal, sources tell Newsmax. Obama is exploring opportunities to achieve the reductions in infrastructure and capability he seeks—including a drawdown to 1,000 weapons—without seeking the advice and consent of the Senate that international treaties require.Efforts to push the boundaries of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia are ill-advised, sources say. A proposal that seeks to achieve nuclear arms reductions outside the framework of New START, however, would run afoul of the law. … Pursuing...