05/23/2023
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"I worry that in the long term, this situation will allow the President to further walk back on his commitments to modernize and maintain the deterrent."
"we will engage Russia to seek further reductions in our nuclear arsenals . . . because our ability to influence others depends on our willingness to lead."
"mutual assured destruction (MAD) no longer occupies a central psychological or political space in the U.S.-Russian relationship."
"the obligation to assure U.S. allies in Europe and Asia of American commitment to their defense and to extend deterrence to them would fall to U.S. strategic nuclear and conventional forces, which are..."