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Washington - It took only six months for the United States and Russia to draft and sign a treaty that will drastically reduce the number of their deployed nuclear warheads. But the treaty cannot go into effect until the U.S. Senate ratifies it. On 9 July, Secretary of State Colin Powell went before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to answer questions about the pact. As RFE/RL reports, the senators expressed concern and even skepticism about some of its provisions. The U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee closely questioned Secretary of State Colin Powell on 9 July about the Moscow Treaty, under which the United States and Russia would dramatically reduce the number of deployed nuclear warheads. The treaty came into being quickly. It was announced last November when Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Washington for …