On the recordMay 9, 2002
We have moved from the era of confrontation with the former Soviet Union to what I would call the era of engagement, and the engagement needs to be pursued in a number of areas. A couple of areas that are very important to this Member, and I know a lot of others, is the idea of disposal of weapons-grade materials, making sure that all of the ideas of stockpile security that we adhere to are adhered to also in the former Soviet Union. Also, the idea of making sure that the genius of the scientists' population in the former Soviet Union that put together that massive weapons complex in the weapons that they produced, to make sure that that genius does not migrate to nations that at some point may be adversaries to the United States is of utmost concern to us, and I think that this amendment makes good sense, and the engagement that it promotes is going to serve those ends.
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