Biden signals 'game changing' nuclear policy

Vice President Joe Biden told Gareth Evans this weekend that the Obama administration will engage in serious "game changing" policy on nuclear weapon reduction.  Evans, president of the Ploughshares-funded International Crisis Group and former Australian foreign minister, said the Obama administration was preparing to start "immediate negotiations" with both Moscow and Beijing on nuclear weapon stockpiles.  White House officials have confirmed the administration was looking at opening talks with Russia over significant nuclear weapons reduction before the expiration this year of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

The Australian