President Donald Trump’s chief arms control envoy last week acknowledged the possibility that the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) could be extended, but he added, “only under select circumstances.” He then put down conditions that, if adhered to, will ensure the Trump administration does not extend the treaty.
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Marshall Billingslea, US Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control speaks during a press conference on June 23, 2020 in Vienna after the US and Russia met for talks on their last major nuclear weapons agreement.