Rose Gottemoeller: “Yes, Mr. Chairman, it does because it provides for predictability and mutual stability with the Russians.”

As I stated in my testimony, the Administration's decision to withdraw from the INF Treaty was legally justified but politically questionable.

I believe that the New START treaty is in the national security interests of the United States.

We are seeing new and enduring pressures on the nonproliferation regime, pressures that threaten global stability.

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…