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From killing the Keystone XL pipeline to seeking to extend a flawed New START treaty, President Biden's first two days in office were great for Moscow.Since assuming office last Wednesday, President Joe Biden has been busy issuing more than two dozen executive decisions that will profoundly affect domestic affairs and foreign policies. Among his foreign polices directives, two decisions stand out. They’ll benefit Russia at the expense of the interests of our allies, American workers, and America’s national security. The first executive decision that benefits Russia was Biden’s executive order to rescind the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. The...

Republican opposition to New START is collapsing. One Senate source just told me the vote for ratification could go as high as 75. Another said, “I don’t know if it will get that high, but it’s starting to tick up there.” As the sense builds that ratification is inevitable, Republicans are lining up to get on the “right side.” Lamar Alexander’s support, noted below, is a crucial sign of which way the wind is blowing, although he’ll probably be the only member of the Republican leadership to vote for it. At least Jon Kyl was able to get more money...

Washington, DC, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America, has used the Conservative Political Actions Conference as a forum to harshly criticize U.N. efforts to reduce the amount of small arms in the hand of civilians. At the same day the U.N. Security Council debated its actions to implement sanctions and arms embargoes, LaPierre accused the United Nations of denying U.S. citizens the right to bear arms. His speech, filled with open distain toward the international organization, concluded, "Others here may suggest the U.S. to get out of the U.N. Right...

<p>WASHINGTON -- Abandoning the "trust but verify" mantra of previous Republican administrations, President Bush is determined to reach an arms reduction deal with the Russians that would be sealed with a handshake and maybe a brief communique instead of a 1,000-page treaty such as those of the past.</p>

MOSCOW Russia's landmark nuclear arms deal with the United States cleared its final hurdle Wednesday, winning overwhelming support from the upper house of the Russian Parliament and opening the way for big cuts in both nations' nuclear arsenals. The upper house, the Federation Council, ratified the accord, known as the Treaty of Moscow, in a 140-to-5 vote with two abstentions in a meeting held behind closed doors. The State Duma, the lower house, ratified the treaty earlier this month and the U.S. Senate approved it in March. President Vladimir Putin and President George W. Bush are expected to exchange ratification...