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On the recordApril 28, 2010
William Perry said the treaty advances American security objectives, and James Schlesinger called ratification 'obligatory.'
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William J. Perry
South Carolina

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Perry views the treaty as beneficial for U.S. security.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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