Michael G. Mullen: “The New START treaty achieves important and necessary balance between three critical aims.”

You know, or you should, that our national debt has reached a peacetime record, heading for territory where other nations have spiraled into default or into the loss of sovereignty as creditors use their leverage to dictate terms.

The most significant threat to our national security is our debt.

Our debt is our greatest national security threat because it jeopardizes our ability to fund defense.

A fully-integrated foreign policy requires a fully-resourced approach. Our troops, Foreign Service officers and development experts work side-by-side in unprecedented and ever-increasing cooperation as they execute our strategic programs.