Rose Gottemoeller: “This administration came into office with nuclear nonproliferation as a critical component of our foreign policy.”

The New START treaty is just one element of a comprehensive strategy to implement the President's nuclear security agenda.

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

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…

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.