Each republic can, through the conclusion of a treaty with the USSR, additionally transfer to the USSR the implementation of certain of its powers...

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The 51 senators (17 more than the number necessary to defeat a treaty) who voted no, acted on their politically hazardous conclusion that the treaty is unverifiable, unenforceable and incompatible with the security of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Politics and the Test Ban Treaty, By George F. Will, Newsweek, 20 October 1999

We look forward to a successful conclusion of these negotiations so that we can join with the other nations involved to sign a treaty in Ottawa in December.

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