Ben Nelson: “Maintaining nuclear warheads and weapons that are more than 20 years old without testing is a challenging task.”

I'm very much in favor of moving forward with a follow-on treaty.

So it is at least somewhat successful in breaking down the stovepipe approach to get cross-fertilization and cross-cooperation within the interagency system?

It is encouraging to know that there is that effort at coordination and collaboration because if there is any quick way to lose opportunity or to miss optimization, it is everyone going off on their own way.

These programs are central to our national security. They deserve full, bipartisan support.