And our safety and security as it relates to nuclear nonproliferation and the reduction of deployednuclearweapons is also something that the President will be focused on in that meeting.
Under the Moscow Treaty, signed in 2002, the U.S. has committed to reducing its strategic nuclear arsenal by two-thirds -- to between 1, 700 and 2, 200 deployednuclearweapons from about 10, 000 at the height of the Cold War.
White House officials wouldn't lay out their targets for the treaty with Russia, but the Arms Control Association's Mr. Kimball said deployednuclearweapons in each country could be reduced by 30% to 40% from the current limit of 2, 200.