Obama, Russian president sign arms treaty

On Thursday President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a nuclear arms control treaty which will result in the downsizing of both nations stockpiles of nuclear weapons. The agreement will reduce each nations stockpile by one third. This is a huge deal in leading by example of global leadership seeing as Russia and the United States of America own over ninety percent of nuclear weapons on this planet. This treaty is huge in also dealing boosting cooperation between both superpowers. Both presidents discussed the issue of Iran and their nuclear weapons program. With rumors about Russia selling nuclear fuel and supplies to Iran hopefully both the U.S and Russia can work together to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear cappability. This treaty is huge for the U.S because over the past twenty or so years our Govermental leaders have always spoke of stoping other countries from obtaining nuclear capability or having nuclear stockpiles. The U.S can not try to monitor nuclear threats because other countries look at the U.S and say how come they can have them. President Obama is doing a good job in demonstrating some responsibility and using actions to lead by example. lately the headlines have been overshadowed with the healthcare bill and the NCAA tournament, but this is a huge deal for everyone. This agreement will not make the world a whole lot safer but if cooperation amonst super powers continues then the international community can move foward one step at a time.