Obama Admin Refuses To Sign the Land Mine Treaty

U.S Marines check a road for explosives in Golestan district of Farah province May 4, 2009.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic


US Will Not Join Treaty Banning Landmines-Spokesman -- Reuters

WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has no plans to join a global treaty banning landmines because a policy review found the United States could not meet its security commitments without the weapons, the State Department said on Tuesday.

"This administration undertook a policy review and we decided that our landmine policy remains in effect," spokesman Ian Kelly told a briefing five days ahead of a review conference in Cartegena, Colombia, on the 10-year-old Mine Ban Treaty.

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More News On The Mine Ban Treaty And The U.S. Decision To Not Sign It

Obama administration will not sign land mine ban -- AP
U.S. won't join landmine ban, administration decides -- CNN
Obama admin refuses to sign land mine treaty -- Raw Story

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