03/15/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"Are we better off with this, or are we better off without it?"
"I am confident that the New START Treaty will in no way compromise America's nuclear deterrent."
"It is also important that we maintain a nuclear stockpile that would allow the United States to adequately cover the 30-or-so countries allied with us around the world that are currently under our nuc..."
"I agree with Secretary of Defense Bob Gates when he wrote, last week in the Wall Street Journal, that the new treaty provides verification that has been needed since START I expired in December."