Obama Pushes G.O.P. on Start Treaty - NYTimes.com

So ignore the picture of the President and look at the others around him: Sec. James Baker, Sec. Henry Kissinger, Sec. Brent Scowcroft, Senator Lugar, Senator Nunn.



President Obama made remarks during a meeting to discuss the new START treaty in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Thursday.

Obama Pushes G.O.P. on Start Treaty - NYTimes.com: "President Obama escalated the pressure on the Senate on Thursday to approve a new arms control treaty with Russia before the end of the year, saying, “This is not a matter that can be delayed.” But a new survey of Republican senators cast doubt on his chances of success.

The White House is trying to press ahead with a vote on the treaty, known as New Start, even though Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the lead Republican negotiator on the issue, said earlier this week that he opposed voting on the treaty in the lame-duck session of Congress because there was not enough time to work out a deal."