Sun Nov 15, 8:34 AM ET

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev during their meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Singapore, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. Obama said Sunday the United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on reducing nuclear arms ready for approval by year's end, an announcement designed as an upbeat ending to a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

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