President Obama is meeting with former Bush Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss an weapons treaty with Russia and other issues, reports said Friday. White House officials said the relationship between Obama and Rice was "cordial," and the president was looking forward to the meeting Friday to discuss "a range of foreign policy topics," The Associated Press reported, quoting an official who was not official to talk about the meeting publicly.
A new START agreement with Russia was signed in April, cutting the amount of nuclear warheads by about one-third. The agreement has been approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee but ratification by the full Senate has not happened yet and is uncertain. Republicans generally oppose the treaty and have pressured Obama to upgrade the current U.S. arsenal of weapons out of fear they could grow ineffective without proper maintenance
A new START agreement with Russia was signed in April, cutting the amount of nuclear warheads by about one-third. The agreement has been approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee but ratification by the full Senate has not happened yet and is uncertain. Republicans generally oppose the treaty and have pressured Obama to upgrade the current U.S. arsenal of weapons out of fear they could grow ineffective without proper maintenance
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