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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to begin negotiations today to draft an arms-control treaty to slash the American and Russian strategic nuclear arsenals by about a third and possibly lead to even deeper reductions, administration officials said Tuesday.
U.S. and Russian officials privately indicated they could cut stockpiles to no more than 1,500 warheads apiece, down from the maximum 2,200 in a pact signed by President George W. Bush in 2002.
The two sides plan to draft the treaty on an accelerated basis so it could be signed by late summer and ratified in time to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, when it expires in December.
The New York Times
