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05 February 2003

Text: Senate Committee Gives OK to Moscow Treaty

(President Bush welcomes Foreign Relations Committee's approval) (130)
Following is a White House statement on the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee's approval of the Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive
Reductions; the treaty still has to be considered by the full Senate:
(begin text)
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
February 5, 2003
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
President Bush welcomes the unanimous vote today by the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee in favor of a resolution giving the Senate's
advice and consent to the Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive
Reductions. He commends Senators Lugar and Biden for their leadership
in making action on the Moscow Treaty a top priority, and hopes the
full Senate moves forward on the resolution at its earliest
opportunity.
(end text)
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