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The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF Treaty for short, called for the [[United States of America|United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] to eliminate all nuclear-armed ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles that could travel between 300-3400 miles. It also called for them to abandon all methods of maintaining and developing these missiles. This treaty decreased the number of nuclear weapons. It was signed by the Soviet General Secretary [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] on December 8 1987 and Preisident [[Ronald Reagan]] on January 15 1988. | The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF Treaty for short, called for the [[United States of America|United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] to eliminate all nuclear-armed ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles that could travel between 300-3400 miles. It also called for them to abandon all methods of maintaining and developing these missiles. This treaty decreased the number of nuclear weapons. It was signed by the Soviet General Secretary [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] on December 8 1987 and Preisident [[Ronald Reagan]] on January 15 1988. | ||
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| + | This treaty signed by [[Ronald Reagan]], one of the greatest Presidents that America has ever known, is seen as a landmark Cold War agreement that helped to both bring Congress and the Presidency into a unification that had nearly been torn apart during the previous Democrat administration of [[Jimmy Carter]]. This treaty also helped to restore faith in the Oval Office that would continue until the highly damaging Democratic scandal of Monica Lewinsky during the Clinton administration. | ||
Revision as of 07:36, March 12, 2007
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, or INF Treaty for short, called for the United States and the Soviet Union to eliminate all nuclear-armed ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles that could travel between 300-3400 miles. It also called for them to abandon all methods of maintaining and developing these missiles. This treaty decreased the number of nuclear weapons. It was signed by the Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8 1987 and Preisident Ronald Reagan on January 15 1988.
This treaty signed by Ronald Reagan, one of the greatest Presidents that America has ever known, is seen as a landmark Cold War agreement that helped to both bring Congress and the Presidency into a unification that had nearly been torn apart during the previous Democrat administration of Jimmy Carter. This treaty also helped to restore faith in the Oval Office that would continue until the highly damaging Democratic scandal of Monica Lewinsky during the Clinton administration.