Rose Gottemoeller: “Sir, if the Russians intended to cheat so as to undermine this treaty, it would be an enormously serious matter for the…”

We share a strong belief that the New START treaty will make our country more secure, and we urge the Senate to provide its advice and consent to ratification.

The treaty is a continuation of the international arms control and nonproliferation framework that the United States has worked hard to foster and strengthen for the last 50 years.

I am concerned, frankly, if New START goes out of force or is seen as unlikely to be extended that this will deal a significant blow to this larger non-proliferation system that keeps an explosion of nuclear weapons States from occurring…

The New START treaty is just one element of a comprehensive strategy to implement the President's nuclear security agenda.