The James Logan Courier

By Lesley Clark
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

WASHINGTON — Long-suspended talks between the U.S. and Cuba will resume Tuesday, the latest signal of the Obama administration's efforts to revive ties between the two nations.
The State Department wouldn't confirm the resumption of the talks, but several members of Congress said they were scheduled to be held in New York, for one day.

The U.S. delegation will be headed by Craig Kelly, the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. Dagoberto Rodriguez, a Cuban Foreign Ministry official and the former head of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, will lead the Cuban delegation.

By Tom Lasseter
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

MOSCOW — Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev on Monday agreed to cut as many as a third of the nuclear warheads in their strategic arsenals, but acknowledged that disagreements linger about a proposed U.S. missile defense shield.

Obama and Medvedev stressed that the proposal marked a turn away from the post-Cold War lows of the past few years.