Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, with Adm. Mike Mullen of the Joint Chiefs and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. Stephen Crowley/The New York TimesWhite House Presses Senate To Approve Russia Arms Pact -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration encountered some Republican skepticism on Tuesday about its new arms control treaty with Russia but little outright opposition that might threaten the chances of ratification by the Senate.
As President Obama’s national security team assured the Senate that the so-called New Start treaty would not compromise American security, Senator Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, offered his support and warned that failing to ratify it would be an “extremely precarious strategy.”
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