Trump to abandon arms pact with Russia as soon as Saturday, top official says

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Trump to abandon arms pact with Russia as soon as Saturday, top official says
By Morgan Chalfant - 01/31/19 09:53 AM EST

The Trump administration will stop abiding by a landmark arms control pact with Russia as soon as Saturday after last-minute diplomatic efforts to bring Moscow back into compliance failed, a top State Department official told Reuters.

“We’ll have an announcement made, follow all the steps that need to be taken on the treaty to suspend our obligations with the intent to withdraw,” Andrea Thompson, undersecretary of State for arms control and international security, told the publication in an interview Thursday.

Thompson’s remarks followed last-minute talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in Beijing, where Thompson is leading the U.S. delegation at the 2019 P5 Conference.

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https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/427816-trump-admin-to-abandon-arms-pact-with-russia-as-soon-as-saturday-top

[Fishrrman]

Gee, I read everything above and STILL couldn't figure out what the source article was about:

"The U.S. has publicly accused Russia of violating the Soviet-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) since 2014, which Moscow denies. President Trump signaled in October that he planned to withdraw from the treaty, citing Russia's failure to comply.

The pact was signed in 1987 by then-President Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev. It bans all land-based missiles with short and intermediate ranges."

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Even the owner is subject to excerpting rules.   

[dfwgator]

But, Muh Russia!