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I agree with Secretary of Defense Bob Gates when he wrote, last week in the Wall Street Journal, that the new treaty provides verification that has been needed since START I expired in December.

It is also important that we maintain a nuclear stockpile that would allow the United States to adequately cover the 30-or-so countries allied with us around the world that are currently under our nuclear umbrella.

It's unrealistic to believe that our treaty with Russia is going to reduce proliferation with countries like Iran and Syria.

I think that it's a really, really good thing to have this treaty.

The modernization that you've been pursuing is absolutely critical.

The United States is better off with this treaty than without it.

We are going to do what is necessary to protect the American people, not only from Russians... but also that we are going to do everything we can to defensively protect ourselves from rogue nations.

To me, the most important function of a government is to defend itself, and I'm very, very troubled by this.

I don't want to just do this and go through the motions of doing this and pretend that conditions are the same as they were when we started.

I raised, as you recall, the exact same issues with Secretary Clinton and her team. I left there less than satisfied and I'm continuing to----

For the Russians, it is not only a serious issue in their minds, but, more than that, it is a political battering ram that they have been using against us over the years, and I don't think that we will persuade them to give it up.

In my judgment, it would seem to me that the Russians need to be straightened out on this issue.

The issue to me becomes more complex as we go forward and attempt to guard ourselves from an attack from Iran or North Korea.

I have advised Ms. LaFleur she is going to learn a lot more about anadromous fish than she wants to hear about on FERC.

The President certainly has appointed a diverse pair, one from the Northeast and one from the Northwest.

In 2008 Senator Crapo convened the Clearwater Basin Collaborative and continues to play a key role in fostering dialogue to address the natural resource challenges of this spectacular landscape.

The collaborative model--which requires all parties to come to the table and be willing to compromise--has proven successful and will continue to do so.

Senseless fighting over the management of our treasured natural resources can be a thing of the past.