Rose Gottemoeller: “The INF Treaty benefits the security of the United States, our allies, and the Russian Federation.”

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

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

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…

This administration came into office with nuclear nonproliferation as a critical component of our foreign policy.