Jack Reed actually said...

"Your judgment from your perspective is that relationship of the treaty would enhance stability and transparency into their operations?"

"My sense--and I'll ask you for your sense, General--is that if this treaty is not ratified, the prospects of serious follow-on discussions about nuclear reductions are probably close to zero."

"If we fail to ratify the New START treaty, what will it do to the whole issue of predictability, stability, transparency?"

"The other aspect here, too, is that some of our concerns are actually protecting our installations and our systems from unwanted intrusion."