Robert Gates actually said...

At a certain point, it will become impossible to keep extending the life of our arsenal, especially in light of our testing moratorium.

Gates warns about the challenges of maintaining the U.S. nuclear arsenal without modernization.

10/13/2011

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We will lead the way in reducing our arsenal, but we must always hedge against the dangerous and unpredictable world.

We will do it on a province-by-province basis.

we are monitoring the situation in multiple countries very carefully.

We will begin that first transition, or that first transfer, if you will, in July 2011.