Pompeo Announces Suspension
of US/Russia Nuclear Arms Treaty The announcement concerning
the historic Intermediate-
Range Nuclear Forces
Treaty has been expected. The treaty was signed in 1987
by U.S. President Ronald Reagan
and Mikhail Gorbechev, the
final leader of the former U.S.S.R. The suspension
goes into effect
on Saturday. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State, via CNN The decision has
significant consequences
for European security. Nato issued a statement
in support
of the U.S. decision. In the statement, NATO
urged Russia to "return to full
and verifiable compliance
to preserve the INF Treaty." President Donald Trump
also issued a statement
weighing in on the matter. President Trump, via CNN