Leon Panetta actually said...

For too long, the United States has failed to act on this treaty.

I think the question you have to ask yourself is whether or not acceding to this Convention gives us the best of both worlds.

I strongly believe that accession to this treaty is absolutely essential not only to our economic interests, our diplomatic interests, but I...

The fact is that we are dealing with a world in which there are myriad threats that we confront now.