05/18/2009
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"If you are not, you need to get on board before I am going to be able to vote for your confirmation."
"a sole-purpose nuclear declaratory policy or any perceived weakening of the U.S. nuclear deterrent will be a betrayal of our allies and will embolden China and Russia."
"These agreements finally offer a path forward for peace in a troubled region."
"U.S. allies have told me and have told us that they strongly object to a change to a no-first-use or sole-purpose, which is nothing more than a no-first-use in disguise policy."