Ed Markey: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend David Culp in early February. As one of the leaders of…”

“I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend David Culp in early February. As one of the leaders of the arms control community for decades, David was an indefatigable advocate for reducing the threat of catastrophic nuclear war and stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons. In particular, David's work was critical for Senate ratification of the New START Treaty, which established limits on the number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons in the United States and Russia. More recently, David worked closely with my staff on a number of arms control initiatives, including my efforts to scale back the Pentagon's trillion-dollar nuclear spending spree, restrain excessive and destabilizing missile defense systems, and cancel a new nuclear-armed cruise ``missile that would make Americans less safe. I will miss David's wisdom, humor, and strategic insight, but I am comforted to know that his legacy lives on in the robust and committed arms control community he helped lead. I will continue to be inspired by David's memory, and I offer my deepest condolences to his friends and his family. ____________________”