"Can the United States credibly take on increased commitments to provide assured deterrence to our allies and extended deterrence with a shrinking arsenal of launchers?"
"The START Treaty and the policies of the Obama administration are, down to the last detail, fully consistent with that advice."
"The statement in the preamble, in my view, is nothing more than a statement of the obvious and indeed, a truth which the United States long urged on the Soviet Union before they came to accept it."
"For more than a decade the development of U.S. ballistic missile defenses has been guided by the principles of (1) protecting against limited strikes while (2) taking into account the legitimate conce..."
"Well, do you share my concern about this?"
"I think if we ignored our own peril, having some type of a missile defense system... we do so really at our own peril."
"A treaty that requires no elimination of nuclear force structure by Russia while forcing the United States to reduce launchers is perhaps not in the United States national interest."
"the United States should ensure that its actions do not lead Russia or China to take actions that increase the threat to the United States and its allies and friends."
"The New START Treaty simply does not limit the number of launches the United States can deploy or otherwise constrain the ability of the United States to deploy effective ballistic missile defense, pe..."
"I do hope that the Senate will look carefully at the launcher limit of 700."
"I have maintained reservations about the treaty in that regard."