03/18/2009
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"There is no consideration whatsoever as to how they or anybody else feels. We will do what is necessary in conjunction with our coalition."
"the United States is still willing to negotiate with Russia a series of nuclear reductions that would take us below the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) Treaty levels."
"TPA is critical to the ability to have those agreements because other countries will--their leaders will not make the difficult political decisions necessary."
"If we don't get this kind of an agreement written to the higher standards of international business behavior, it will go down."