New Start: US and Russia extend nuclear treaty

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

The US has extended the New Start nuclear arms control treaty with Russia for five years.

Announcing the move, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it made the world safer.

President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin reportedly discussed it by phone a week ago, and Mr Putin signed it into law on Friday.

The treaty had been set to lapse on 5 February, as the Trump administration had refused to approve the extension.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55923481

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No fuss, just getting things done.

[underpants]

1. Do we get the pee tapes?

Come on, you thought about it. Admit it.