07/07/2015
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"The President has directed a review of post-New START arms control objectives to consider further reductions in nuclear weapons."
"I would underscore the importance of ratifying the New START to have any chance of us beginning to have a serious negotiation over tactical nuclear weapons."
"Would the administration be willing to put missile defense on the negotiating table to get reductions in Russian tactical nuclear weapons?"
"What leverage will the United States have in the future to address this disparity when we have only a couple of hundred tactical nuclear weapons in Europe while the Russians have thousands?"