Rose Gottemoeller: “Sir, if the Russians intended to cheat so as to undermine this treaty, it would be an enormously serious matter for the…”

Allies have not expressed concerns with the New START treaty. To the contrary, the response from our allies to the conclusion of the New START treaty has been overwhelmingly positive.

The INF Treaty benefits the security of the United States, our allies, and the Russian Federation.

We need to be ready to roundly condemn any use of chemicals whether the ammonia they have stockpiled apparently, or whether it`s any kind of chemical agent.

I am concerned, frankly, if New START goes out of force or is seen as unlikely to be extended that this will deal a significant blow to this larger non-proliferation system that keeps an explosion of nuclear weapons States from occurring…