05/05/2009
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"The United States will not use, or threaten to use, nuclear weapons against any non-nuclear-weapons states that are a party to the NPT and in compliance with their nuclear nonproliferation obligations..."
"An effective verification regime is a critical component of arms control, and I believe that the world is safer when the United States and Russia are abiding by one."
"I only wish that it said that right in the preamble, and say, 'Look, this thing has got nothing to do with missile defense, and the parties are going to go their own ways on it.'"
"To me, nobody can argue that we really need a treaty in order to have an inspection regime."