A challenge that I believe our producers can help meet is related to the anticipated world population growth.

I rise this afternoon to say a few words about an excellent lawyer from Macon, GA, Marc Treadwell, who has been nominated to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, the district I was privileged to practice…

unlike the Russians, the United States has treaty obligations with at least 30 other nations.

will you empower the experts in DOE to make their best technical and strategic recommendations for our nuclear enterprise, regardless of how they may be received politically?

New START does not define or limit rail-mobile, air-launched, or sea-borne ICBM launchers as START did.

President Obama and the NPR put preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to terrorists and to states that don't already possess them at the very top of our national security agenda.

There is reference in the treaty with regard to mobile launchers. But there is no reference to rail launchers.

Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates, and Secretary Chu, under START, we were able to confidently count the number of mobile missiles.

Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates, and Secretary Chu, with the Russian's stated goal of developing new missile systems...

will there be an incentive to deploy fewer warheads, so the Russians do not have to count all their warheads under the New START limits?

However, it is true that, based on the counting rules--specifically in relation to bombers--this treaty actually allows for a significant increase in deployed warheads over the previous START.

only the United States has to make real reductions to our nuclear forces to comply with the New START.