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Edward Livingston: will the gentleman acknowledge that despite the passage of some 5 years' of time the Russians have yet to even ratify…

On the recordAugust 5, 1998
will the gentleman acknowledge that despite the passage of some 5 years' of time the Russians have yet to even ratify START II, let alone START III?
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Questioning the progress of Russian ratification of arms control agreements.

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