U.s., Russia Sign Treaty To Reduce Nuclear Arms

U.S., Russia sign treaty to reduce nuclear arms

Sweeping pact pledges to cut stockpile of deployed, strategic nuclear weapons and commits the old Cold War rivals to new verification procedures.

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