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News for Thur. 02 May & Fri. 03
May 2002 Bush Hoping for Arms Deal with Russia VOA News 4 May 2002 00:52 UTC   President Bush says he hopes negotiators can forge an agreement with Russia on cutting offensive nuclear arms before he meets with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow later this month. But Mr. Bush
told reporters at the presidential Camp David retreat late Friday that a lot of
work remains to be done and U.S. and Russian officials are spending a lot of
time on the matter.
Secretary of State Colin Powell also met with Mr. Ivanov and said later he is encouraged but not convinced a deal will be ready in time for the Bush-Putin meeting. He said both sides will keep talking. The White House says both sides have not yet decided if the arms deal will be made though a formal treaty or an executive agreement. Presidents Bush and Putin hope to cut their nuclear arsenals from six-thousand to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads each. Some information for this report provided by Reuters and AP.
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