Rose Gottemoeller: “The Treaty is thus manifestly in the interest of U.S. national security.”

We are seeing new and enduring pressures on the nonproliferation regime, pressures that threaten global stability.

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.

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…

As I stated in my testimony, the Administration's decision to withdraw from the INF Treaty was legally justified but politically questionable.