On the recordMay 17, 2012
We certainly share our concern with the other side of the aisle as to how New START will be implemented and its effect on our missile defense system. The issue of President's secret deal with the Russians is not really one that's open to interpretation. This is not some speculation. This is not an issue of my opinion that there's a secret deal. You can go to YouTube and type in ``President Obama, Medvedev,'' and you will see them sitting with an open mic. {time} 2300 You will, with your own ear, hear the President say, This is my last election, which should be offensive to every person in the electorate because it says, As soon as I am free from having to respond to the election process or to the electorate, I will be--and what he says is: I will have more flexibility after my election. That's freedom. He asks for space from Mr. Medvedev, who said, gleefully, it seemed to me--and that is editorializing--I'll go tell Vladimir. So Vladimir knows something we don't. So we can say, Well, what does Vladimir know? Well, we know that Putin said in a March 2, 2012, interview with RIA Novosti about the President and his negotiations on missile events: They made some proposals to us which we virtually agreed to and asked them to get them down on paper. They made a proposal to us just during the talks, they told us: We would offer you this, this, and that. We did not expect this, but I said, we agree. This is Putin saying this--We agree. Now that's a deal.…





