U.S., RUSSIA TO SIGN HISTORIC NUKE TREATY NEITHER SIDE PLANS TO ABIDE BY
Russia Can Include Warheads "It Can't Find Just Now" in Cutbacks

The United States and Russia on Monday agreed to dramatically reduce their nuclear arsenals, a pact observers hailed as one of the most important international treaties the U.S. will eventually back out of and Russia will secretly ignore.

Due to be signed at the end of the month, the treaty would cut the number of long-range nuclear warheads by nearly two-thirds and "effectively liquidate the legacy of the Cold War," said President Bush, "until I can find some reason to unsign it."

In Moscow, meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he looked forward to violating the terms of the agreement as quickly and quietly as possible.
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