Thomas M. Countryman: “I think our policies have not been thoughtful relative to how we deal with these nuclear and other weapons of mass…”

We have become, I would say, dangerously uncompetitive on the nuclear sphere when we cannot compete with countries like the French and the Russians.

The policy without professionals is by definition an amateur policy. You have to help make the choices that bring this country forward.

This agreement is not a commercial contract. It does not provide for the sale of nuclear equipment or technology to China.

It is not a giveaway. It rather is a mutual recognition that the U.S. and China have reciprocal obligations to each other that each must meet.