George Voinovich: “I yield the Senator from Arkansas up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arkansas is recognized.”

I think one of the really important things about this endeavor is that--General Clapper, you understand how important it is...

I think it is an area ripe for some oversight hearings and legislation.

In his piece, the Secretary discusses the importance of verification and closes with this thought: The original START Treaty expired last December. The time has come to start seeing again, with penetrating eyes, and to start learning from…

I believe many of these experts remain concerned, as do I, that a failure to ratify the treaty would be exploited by those factions in Russia who wish to revert back to our Cold War posture. Such a failure could easily be used by those…