Bush Administration Yanks Russia Nuclear Pact

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has pulled a lucrative civilian nuclear accord with Russia, the State Department said on Monday, the first tangible U.S. penalty imposed on Russia after its war with Georgia.

"The president has notified Congress that he has today rescinded his prior determination regarding the U.S.-Russia agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation, the so-called 1-2-3 Agreement," the State Department said in a prepared statement.

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with Russia and Venezuela in joint naval maneuvers and now the removable of this pact.

or whoever is the nuclear contractor....

supplier of their nuclear materials...this and how we have refused to sell replacement parts to Venezuela for the airplanes we sold the old junta!!

I agree that they're doing maximum damage to the country before leaving office.

This move makes us enemies with the world. Not a good foreign relations trick.

They wouldn't have had the numbers to remove Bush, and we'd have still been stuck with Cheney, who is even more evil, if that's even possible.

Impeachment is a nice fairy tale -- though my personal fairy tale is Bush in jail -- but come on. The GOP couldn't get rid of Clinton when they had control of Congress, and the 110th Congress wouldn't have been able to dislodge Bush.

The best we can hope is to get an Obama-Biden administration, which will be responsible on nuclear issues. Work for that.

Don't ask me I don't give a damn.

:woohoo: we're all gonna die!

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday froze a lucrative civilian nuclear pact with Russia, the first big penalty imposed on Moscow after its war with Georgia but one that can be reversed.
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"The president intends to notify Congress that he has today rescinded his prior determination regarding the U.S.-Russia agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation, the so-called 1-2-3 Agreement," said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

While Bush's decision to withdraw the agreement from congressional review was seen as punitive, it was also meant to preserve the deal, a senior U.S. official said.

That official said the administration wanted to ensure the accord did not go to a vote in Congress, where it could have been rejected following Russia's military action in Georgia. If rejected, it would be difficult for a new presidential administration to pursue the agreement in the future.

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...How many megatons does it take to destroy a large country like the U.S. or Russia?

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