Political Quotes

“I wish to commend my very dear and longtime friend, Senator Lugar--as I said, I was here when this program was initiated-- and our esteemed former colleague, Sam Nunn, for their vision and work in this very valuable program. Through the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program the United States has, since 1991, been providing assistance to states of the former Soviet Union to help them eliminate and safeguard weapons of mass destruction and related infrastructure materials. These programs helped to eliminate large Cold War stockpiles and dangerous weapons that were no longer needed. Today, this program is an important element in the continuance of our strategy to keep weapons of mass destruction and the know-how from falling into hands antithetical to the interests of those who are trying to fight terrorism and preserve freedom. When Congress first authorized the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, an important element of the authorizing legislation was the inclusion of certain conditions that must be met before a country could receive CTR assistance from the United States. I was a key author of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993, which reauthorized the original Nunn-Lugar program.…”