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On the recordDecember 21, 2010
I am a little bit flummoxed here because I thought in a conversation I had a couple of days ago with Senator Kerry that side agreements might be all right; that we didn't want to amend the preamble or didn't want to amend the treaty but that we could perhaps do some side agreements. So we structured this as a side agreement just exactly as was done in START I.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona
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Dec 21, 2010

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Senator Kyl discusses the possibility of side agreements related to a treaty.

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