WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate defeated three amendments that could have killed a strategic nuclear arms treaty with Russia on Monday and the White House expressed confidence lawmakers would approve the accord before their Christmas break. (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2RzCDH1QO5W4V_3rLe2Wf20Jka8/0/di) (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2RzCDH1QO5W4V_3rLe2Wf20Jka8/1/di) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=j9laKLnCIjU:4kuVafqmqrA:V_sGLiPBpWU) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=j9laKLnCIjU:4kuVafqmqrA:-BTjWOF_DHI) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/j9laKLnCIjU)
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