Front Page of Foreign Policy. John Kerry article on the START treaty.

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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/09/16/its_about_time_we_got_start

It's About Time We Got START
Why did such an uncontroversial treaty have to be so political?
BY JOHN KERRY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Bipartisanship has been in short supply in America these days, to put it mildly. Over the past year, health care reform, financial regulatory reform, and energy legislation have all met fierce resistance on Capitol Hill, where the mood has too often been one of distrust, reflexive opposition, and frustration. Fortunately, this spring the Senate was handed an opportunity to demonstrate its ability to work together on at least one issue of critical importance -- arms control -- in the form of New START, the United States' latest nuclear reductions treaty with Russia. And in an important first step Thursday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee demonstrated that bipartisanship is not dead yet.

Traditionally, such treaties have garnered overwhelming Senate support, even in uncertain and polarized times. On Thursday the committee, by a bipartisan vote of 14 to 4, approved a resolution of ratification providing our advice and consent to New START. Three of those 14 votes came from Republicans.

The question now is whether we can seize this moment and push ahead with finalizing a treaty that reaffirms American leadership on nuclear issues -- or whether the ideological obstructionism and political rancor that has plagued so many other issues surfaces in connection with one of our most pressing national security challenges.

Go to the link to see a very nice picture and read the rest of the article. Nice to see the Senator's article so prominently displayed on Foreign Policy.

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1. Another excellent article by the Senator..

..especially liked the point he made about the ideological obstructionism. All too true..

And I agree that it's indeed very nice to see his work so prominently displayed when it comes to Foreign Policy (and a lot of other topics, it seems, recently). Nice to see him finally recognized by more people and sources as an expert in that area, which he definitely is and to see him getting more of the credit he deserves for once! :)