Obama will seek test ban treaty ratification (

Google AP ^ | April 5, 2009

[Red Steel]

PRAGUE (AP)

[lilylangtree]

tell obozo to “take it and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine because he’s not going to get”.

[Star Traveler]

This is the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. We’re already party to the Partial Test Ban Treaty (Treaty banning Nuclear Weapon Tests In The Atmosphere, In Outer Space And Under Water).

I don’t necessarily see any good reason to take part in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, however...

[Red Steel]

Flash back news:

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Senate Rejects Test Ban Treaty; Nuclear Pact Falls 51 to 48 as GOP Deals Clinton Major Defeat

Article from:
The Washington Post
Article date:
October 14, 1999
Author:
Helen Dewar
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President Clinton signed test ban treaty Senate rejected1999 | Copyright informationCopyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)

The GOP-controlled Senate emphatically rejected the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty yesterday, dealing a devastating blow to a pact that has been at the center of global efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.

Senate Republicans said it would be impossible to ensure that other nations were abiding by the treaty, and they argued that the pact would make it difficult for the United States to ensure the viability of its own nuclear stockpile. They rejected Democratic complaints that they were sending a dangerous message to other nations interested in joining the nuclear club.

Indeed, the 51 to 48 vote against the pact fell largely along party lines, with only four Republicans joining 44 ...

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-630934.html

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It takes 67 Senate votes to ratify a treaty Obama. You could try an end run like the NAFTA vote and call it an “Agreement” where it only needs the majority vote in Congress.

[BillT]

I know, let's disarm and turn around on the rest of the world. I wonder what will happen.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Anybody who actually needs to test a nuclear device will ignore this ban. And it comes at a time of debate among U.S. experts over the reliability of aging warheads. There is a process to upgrade these warheads but the end product can only be tested via computer model. Obama knows all this.

I believe Obama’s antinuclear crusade will include peaceful nuclear energy. One of the first acts of Congress under Obama was to shut down the nuclear waste depository at Yucca Mountain.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

President Quisling

[Brad from Tennessee]

make that “nuclear waste repository.”

[COBOL2Java]

The four Republicans who voted for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1999:

• Specter (R-PA), Yea
• Smith (R-OR), Yea
• (Jumpin' Jim) Jeffords (R-VT), Yea
• Chafee, J. (R-RI), Yea

Not much has changed in 10 years...

[Steven Tyler]

Neville Chamberlin, waving a piece of paper, declared “peace in our time”
Then.....WWll

[Uncle Hal]

I hope your right that it takes 2/3’s. NAFTA was ratified with a simple majority as I recall.

[Red Steel]

Yes, ratification of NAFTA was a simple majority vote from both congressional houses They called it an “agreement” instead of a treaty to get around the Constitution.

[Kansas58]

And “Dear Leader” in NK will FOLLOW this treaty?
Why?

[longtermmemmory]

Obama is offering nothing as if he is doing something.

[kamikaze2000]

So we can look forward to China being the new world superpower much sooner. Sweet...I’m sure they’ll do a great job, unlike us. /s

[LibLieSlayer]

This is to give his islamic family and brotherhood time to catch up with the west so that they can destroy us.

LLS