04-02-2013, 13:52
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Maryland
Posts: 450
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U.N. passes sweeping international arms regulation
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...lation-treaty/
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With the Obama administration supporting the final treaty draft, the General Assembly vote was 154 to 3, with 23 abstentions.
Iran, Syria and North Korea voted against it.
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Sounds right!
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Critics of the treaty were heartened by the U.S. Senate’s resistance to ratifying the document, assuming President Obama sent it to the chamber for ratification.
In its budget debate late last month, the Senate approved a non-binding amendment opposing the treaty offered by Sen. James M. Inhofe, Oklahoma Republican, with eight Democrats joining all 45 Republicans backing the amendment
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