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James Mountain Inhofe is a former United States Senator from Oklahoma, serving from 1994 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Inhofe is known for his strong conservative views, particularly on issues related to national defense and environmental policy. He gained notoriety for his skepticism regarding climate change, famously calling it a hoax. Throughout his tenure, he held significant positions, including Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates, and Secretary Chu, what is our confidence that we will know precisely how many missiles, including multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) road-mobile missiles, Russia will be building…
I wholeheartedly support the administration's approach to nuclear warhead life extension.
Under this treaty, and its limits on warheads and delivery systems, what specifically will be considered militarily significant cheating under the new treaty?
Secretary Clinton, if the Russians deploy rail-mobile, air-launched, or ship-launched ballistic missiles during the life of this treaty, will they count to the limitations of 700 or 800 strategic nuclear delivery vehicles?
What details can you provide that show the administration's intent to modernize our nuclear enterprise?
Secretary Clinton, will the United States be able to inspect any Russian ballistic missile using the inspections provided by the treaty?
Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates, and Secretary Chu, are the 18 inspections per year sufficient, with high confidence, to detect cheating?
Does this make it harder for our intelligence community to monitor Russian nuclear forces?
Secretary Chu, have the nuclear weapons laboratories or other sites communicated to DOE any unfunded requirements from the fiscal year 2011 budget request?
Secretary Chu, are you confident there is sufficient capacity in the complex to undertake the LEPs for the W76 and the B61 weapon systems, to start the W78 weapon system, and to continue dismantlement?
Secretary Chu, will a flat weapons activities budget be able to reverse declines or will it be absorbed by the problems at hand?
Should Congress and the administration take a fresh look each year as to how the nuclear enterprise modernization program is progressing
The President has directed a review of post-New START arms control objectives to consider further reductions in nuclear weapons.
Do you still support the RRW, which you consistently supported when you served in the Senate?
The United States will not agree to constrain or limit our development or deployment of the most effective missile defenses possible to protect our homeland, deployed forces, and allies and partners.
No. The administration's view is that the evolution of BMD technologies has made such a distinction problematic, as some regional BMD systems are capable of enhancing the protection of the U.S. homeland and could thereby assume a strategic…
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?
The administration has consistently informed Russia that while we seek to establish a framework for U.S.-Russian BMD cooperation, the United States will not agree to constrain or limit our development or deployment of the most effective…
Will you pledge to the Senate that under no circumstances will the United States agree to any geographic limitation sought by Russia as to where we can deploy our missile defenses?
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?
The administration would brief relevant Senators and staff regarding any U.S.-Russian agreements on missile defense.
There is absolutely no way we can maintain a credible deterrent and reduce the number of weapons in our stockpile without either resorting to testing our stockpile or pursuing a modernization program.
Secretary Chu, if the United States decided to add an LEP to the W80 weapon system, what would have to change in DOE funding to add that requirement?
The administration has consistently informed Russia that while we seek to establish a framework for U.S.-Russia BMD cooperation, the United States cannot agree to constrain or limit our development or deployment of the most effective…
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