On the recordDecember 2, 2010
I believe the Senate will as well. President Reagan began negotiating the first START treaty with the Soviet Union in 1982--right in the middle of the Cold War. Even today, all these years later, we remember Reagan's brilliant phrase ``trust but verify.'' Many believed the Cold War would never end. So much has changed since the fall of the Soviet Union: the rise of global terrorism, the growing threat of Iran, the integration of our global economy, and the realization that when one economy falls, all are in danger. As you know, I have just finished a long and tough campaign, and I can tell you that Coloradans are patriots before they are partisans. They are parents before they are Republicans and Democrats. And they are neighbors before they are foes.
