The (Ex) Washington Realist

Laura Rozen reports that General Jones and Admiral Mullen will be headed to Moscow to get the START talks rolling again. My comment:

... how will the changed political climate in Washington affect the treaty negotiations? The Obama administration cannot afford to send to the Senate an agreement that appears to be making too many concessions to the Kremlin--but the Russian side is in no mood to compromise and in no hurry to hand the president any sort of foreign policy success. My prediction is that the talks will got bogged down in procedural details.