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Withdrawal obviously i would have preferred that we had a and i.n.f. treaty that was modernized to take into account different technological advances but that it also addressed china india iran other countries that have continued to develop capabilities that are not. at errants to the i.n.f. treaty so in order to address these new challenges and also to call out the fact that russia has been in violation which every member of the alliance agrees with i guess this was the step that we had to take...

Decision to announce its withdrawal obviously i would have preferred that we had a and i.n.f. treaty that was modernized to take into account different technological advances but that it also addressed china india iran other countries that have continued to develop capabilities that are not. at errants to the i.n.f. treaty so in order to address these new challenges and also to call out the fact that russia has been in violation which every member of the alliance agrees with i guess this was the...

Minutes of an order by either president. this is serious stuff. furthermore, the united states has the worlds most capable and deadly arsenal. we are on track to spend $1 trillion to sustain and modernize in some ways upgrade our arsenal over the next 30 years. so if donald trump wants to expand that, hes going to have to find ways to save money or to sacrifice other important defense priorities. we are already spending more than we can afford, more than we need for our nuclear deterrent. >> we ...

I hope that the senate will give its advice and concept to the ratification of the treaty as soon as possible. ive been involved as the president noted in arms control negotiations and the ratification of arms control negotiationses and treaties for the last 25 years. and what is fascinating about this whole process to me is that 25 years ago, the soviet union and the united states each had something like 28,000, 29,000 nuclear weapons. as a result of the arms control process and the end of the ...