U.S. Agrees to Clinton-Era Arms Talks with Russia. “The United States on Saturday accepted a Russian request that arms control experts resume talks in the framework developed under Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Clinton. A senior U.S. official said Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told Secretary of State Colin Powell (news – web sites) at their first meeting in Cairo that Russia liked the old framework for talks and wanted to know if the Bush administration would continue it.”

Powell said: ‘Yes, good idea.’ ” How disingenuous of us, when it is the official policy of the new administration to push ahead with the “missile defense” program against “rogue states”, which requires brazen abrogation of the ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) Treaty and destabilizing the arms race again. Reuters