11/16/2009
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"the Senate has played in all of the treaties that I have been associated with--including the INF Treaty and the START I Treaty to reduce nuclear arms and provide strategic stability."
"we look forward to those communications from the Chief Executive."
"The treaty explicitly states that, modernization and replacement of strategic offensive arms may be carried out."
"As the chairman pointed out, the committee begins today to hear testimony regarding the New START Treaty and the historical context of United States-Russian arms control."