Rose Gottemoeller: “The biggest issue now, I think, sir, is to look for ways to incentivize China to come to the negotiating table.”

We share a strong belief that the New START treaty will make our country more secure, and we urge the Senate to provide its advice and consent to ratification.

Without a treaty, we would have significantly less predictability regarding Russia's strategic force plans for the next 10 years.

Sir, if the Russians intended to cheat so as to undermine this treaty, it would be an enormously serious matter for the United States of America.

You are absolutely right to emphasize that any nuclear use, big or small. It`s the absolute breaking of a taboo that has existed since World War II.