And there is no waiting around, nor any risk of being lost in transit and trapped horribly in sub-space limbo.

ECONOMIST: Don��t look now, I��m teleporting

Failure to ratify the treaty this year not only would mean losing our nuclear inspectors in Russia, but also it would undermine the international coalition pressuring Iran, put to risk the transit routes used to equip our troops in Afghanistan, and undo decades of American leadership and bipartisanship on nuclear security.

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