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The US Senate approved a landmark nuclear arms control treaty with Russia on Wednesday, handing President Barack Obama a major foreign policy victory in his drive to improve ties with Moscow and curb the spread of atomic weapons to other nations.The vote was an endorsement of Obama's effort to improve relations with Russia and gave a lift to his drive to resume arms control in an attempt to curb the pursuit of nuclear weapons by countries like North Korea and Iran. Obama won Senate ratification of a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia, which he said sent a powerful signal to the world, and fulfilled a Democratic dream by signing a bill allowing gays to serve openly in the military. Obama spoke after Senators voted 71-26 to ratify a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, clearing the needed two-thirds majority for a pact the president had made a linchpin of efforts to reset relations with Moscow. This is the most significant arms control agreement in nearly two decades and it will make us safer and reduce our nuclear arsenals, along with Russia, Obama added. And he also stated that this treaty will enhance our leadership to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and seek the peace of a world without them.
