Rose Gottemoeller: “You are absolutely right to emphasize that any nuclear use, big or small. It`s the absolute breaking of a taboo that has…”

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

Without a treaty, we would have significantly less predictability regarding Russia's strategic force plans for the next 10 years.

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.

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…