ARTICLE: U.S. says nuclear agreement is near, By Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, December 19, 2009

As much as I detest Obama's desire for a nuclear-free world, believing the goal to be highly unstable, I have no problem with another modest cut in stockpiles. Truth is, we're heading to a dyad (land and sea but no air) for budgetary reasons (plus, it's safer).

So no big whup and just fine to buttress Obama's foreign policy cred and to make the Russians feel important.