Rose Gottemoeller: “This administration came into office with nuclear nonproliferation as a critical component of our foreign policy.”

Allies have not expressed concerns with the New START treaty. To the contrary, the response from our allies to the conclusion of the New START treaty has been overwhelmingly positive.

The Treaty is thus manifestly in the interest of U.S. national security.

The INF Treaty benefits the security of the United States, our allies, and the Russian Federation.

You are absolutely right to emphasize that any nuclear use, big or small. It`s the absolute breaking of a taboo that has existed since World War II.