I expect the DOD to explain to this committee how it is in our national security interest to auction off this vital spectrum.

A preemptive strike could bring about complete and total catastrophe to South Korea and to Japan. So that is not an option.

we have two different requirements we have to meet: maintaining deterrence while at the same time working to decrease this threat of proliferation and nuclear terrorism.

The danger in Asia is at least as great as the danger in the Middle East.

I do not. I have studied the treaty rather carefully, and it is my own judgment that it provides adequately for the national security interests of the United States.

The United States has global interests, and those global interests require presence around the world...

I just wanted to make a really, I think, basic point on this issue, which is that we have, without doubt, the best military in the world.

I believe if the United States failed to ratify this treaty, our country would essentially lose any ability for international leadership in this field and international influence in the field.

The U.S. should maintain a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear deterrent for itself and its allies, and that this deterrent should be adequately funded and staffed with topnotch managers, scientists, and engineers.

I think the inspection provisions considerably enhance our ability to verify the treaty.

This treaty does advance American security objectives, particularly with respect to what I consider to be our greatest nuclear threats, nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism.

The reduction of deployed warheads entailed by the treaty is modest, but the treaty is a clear signal that the United States is serious about carrying out our responsibilities under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

I believe that the greatest threat we face today is the threat--the greatest nuclear threat we face today is from nuclear terrorism or proliferation.

The treaty improves strategic stability between the United States and Russia by requiring both nations to provide transparency and accountability in the management of their strategic nuclear forces.

The treaty is a valuable confidence-building measure in that it provides for a vitally important continuing dialogue between the United States and Russia on strategic nuclear weapons.

William Perry said the treaty advances American security objectives, and James Schlesinger called ratification 'obligatory.'

The treaty does not affect our ability to maintain an effective nuclear deterrent, as specified by DOD planners in the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review.

we should deal with North Korea as it is, not as we would wish it to be.

Now instead of our government talking to their government, it was the American people talking to the Korean people in a universal language, music.

I think that's an open question right now, and I believe that if it turns out to be possible to have a joint program with the Russians, that's the way I would recommend going.

We think that's one of the most important dangers facing us today.

I felt that this was a historic moment and that it was very important, because I believed that it comes at a time when the nuclear negotiations are making real progress, might in fact achieve their goal by the end of this administration.