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The Obama Administration is attempting to push a US-Russia nuclear arms treaty through the US Senate. The Senate went into a closed-door session after spending hours debating the New START Treaty, and voted down three amendments.

White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs said the Obama Administration was confident the Senate would pass the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty today. The document outlines nuclear arms pol...