02/06/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"With the classical notion of deterrence, there are consequences before which an aggressor would recoil. In the world of suicide bombers, that calculation does not compute in any comparable way."
"The New START Treaty does not inhibit any of these plans or programs."
"The New START agreement does not restrict our ability to develop and deploy prompt conventional strike capabilities that could attack targets anywhere on the globe in an hour or less."
"The treaty does not infringe on the flexibility we need to maintain our forces, including bombers, submarines, and missiles, in a way that best serves our national security interests."