The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, also welcomed it. Once this treaty enters into force, on-site inspections of Russias strategic nuclear weapons facilities can resume, providing us with an on-the-ground view of Russias nuclear forces, she said.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey today revealed that 56% of Americans approve of the way Obama handled the issues that Congress took up during the so-called lame duck Congress. Only 41% said they disapprove.
Late this evening Obama celebrated what he called the bipartisan season of progress at a press conference.
He forecast struggles over spending in 2011 with Republicans who take control the House, and vowed to try again and pass sweeping immigration legislation that was blocked by Republican critics. If I believe in something strongly I stay on it, he said.
The president, who signed legislation earlier in the day permitting gay members of the armed forces to serve openly, said he does not currently favour legalising gay marriage. I struggle with this. I have friends, people who work for me who are in powerful, long-standing gay or lesbian unions, he said. I have said that at this point my baseline is a strong civil union that provides them protection and legal rights.
The economy was not nearly as dominant a subject as it has been at other news conference in Obamas tenure. He said the nation is past the crisis point, and he intends to focus in 2011 on reducing unemployment and making the country more competitive in the international marketplace. Unemployment was measured at 9.8% in November, down only slightly from its double-digit high in 2009. Economic growth has been stronger in recent months than earlier in his term, but not yet powerful enough to guarantee a quick recovery.
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