New START 
Update on progress of New START from Bobbie Paul(Comments Off)
Twelve months ago the Georgia WAND community was VERY busy working as part of a national grassroots campaign to secure 67 votes for ratification of the STrategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in the United States Senate. Thankfully Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson cast a positive vote to support New START as a member of the [...]
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Obama Signs New START
President Obama signed New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Wednesday, February 2, pushing the treaty one step closer to completion. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed New START last week, after it cleared Russia’s parliament. The treaty will be officially ratified when the United States and Russia exchange the signed document. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton [...]
Senate Ratifies New START 71-26, Georgia WAND celebrates Senator Johnny Isakson’s strong leadership
PRESS RELEASE Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions For Immediate Release December 22, 2010 Contact Courtney Hanson 404.524.5999, Courtney@wand.org Atlanta –In an historic and overdue triumph for national security, Senator Johnny Isakson along with 70 other U.S. Senators, voted to ratify the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in a 71-26 victory this afternoon. Georgia WAND [...]
New START vote results
Below is the official summary of the U.S. Senate vote on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Question: On the Resolution of Ratification (Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification As Amended (Treaty Doc. 111-5) ) Vote Number: 298 Vote Date: December 22, 2010, 02:33 PM Required For Majority: 2/3 Vote Result: Resolution of Ratification [...]
