to me it was quite valuable to us in terms of assessing the capacity of the Russian missiles, which is important for our national security.
I hope to be able to vote to ratify the New START treaty, but for me, and I think for a lot of members of the Senate, there are two lines of...
If the telemetry is not required for verification of the Russians' compliance with the treaty, then why even have five?
I hear you, and I'd say that there are a group of us in both parties who probably would like to continue this discussion with you in the hop...
I think we make the--I understand the difference. We make it harder for our Intelligence Community to gauge exactly what the Russians are de...
The New START treaty does cut back in some significant ways, I think, from the verification mechanisms in START I.
the average age of our American NWS is greater than it's been, ever been before?
we have put the nuclear weapons program of the United States, NNSA which you direct, under budgetary pressure over the last years.
There are certain reductions in our verification capacities under the proposed New START treaty from what they were under START.
I have had particular concern about the reduction and what is required under the treaty for telemetry exchanges.
I look upon it as very beneficial from that perspective and potentially very positive transparency regime.
Most people I talk to, Members in the Senate, would like to get to a point to vote to advise and consent to the New START treaty.
I think this may be the seventh hearing the Senate Armed Services Committee has held on it, and what is clear, I think, I'm sure clear to yo...
The treaty does provide for less transparency than we would prefer into Russian missile programs.
I think that there is an opportunity to negotiate with the Russians post New START treaty the kinds of exchanges of telemetry and other info...
I hope you will push that envelope a little bit, at least to explore it.
I appreciate that, and I stress it again because as you know, anytime anything happens there are immediate investigations done by the media,...
the risk of allowing someone on the watchlist to board a plane without being subjected to at least a secondary physical screening for a bomb...