I'm skeptical of quid pro quo deals of this kind. Successful diplomacy rarely involves trades of completely unrelated issues.

I support efforts to negotiate lower United States and Russian nuclear weapons levels, to reduce Russia's tactical nuclear weapon stockpile.

What if Russia just takes membership in the World Trade Organization and the Jackson-Vanik legislation off the table and says, 'Thank you very much,' but--why is there any change in the predicament after the Russia's pocket those two…

You take away that economic growth and prosperity that millions of Russians have been experiencing and he would not be nearly so popular.

It is not in the interests of the world or them individually for Iran to have a nuclear weapon or capacity.

We have to make a serious joint effort to move the world in the direction of zero nuclear weapons.

I'm convinced that we can go well below the levels established by the Moscow Treaty.

the downturn in the economy has put some stresses on what we always saw as sort of an implicit bargain between President, now Prime Minister, Putin and the general public

Vital to our efforts toward a nuclear-free world is a greater effort from Russia to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran.

the resetting of relations between Russia--between Moscow and Washington can be a relatively smooth process.

Our most time-sensitive agenda item with Russia is the preservation of the START treaty.

We need more of that kind of vision now to rebuild relations with Russia.

arms-limitation talks offer significant possibilities.

We should recognize that United States-Russian relations are likely to be strained for some time.

Negotiating with Russia will be a far more complex and difficult proposition than simply appealing for a new relationship.

Russia represents significant challenges, as well as opportunities, for the Obama administration.

the timeline is inappropriate and, furthermore, that it would, in my opinion and from what I have heard, put consumers at risk.

For this one community bank, it was a 1,000-percent increase in their assessment.