U.S. Urging NATO to Maintain Nuclear Deterrent
Fresh from signing a strategic nuclear arms deal with Russia, the United States is parrying a push by NATO allies to withdraw its aging stockpile of tactical nuclear weapons from Europe…. A senior American official said [Secretary of State Clinton] would underscore the need for NATO to maintain a deterrent, and for the alliance to act together on this issue. The Obama administration is also pushing for NATO to embrace the American missile-defense system planned for Eastern Europe as a core mission of the alliance.
