the posture review, which fore swore any future construction of nuclear weapons. thanks for the chance to be with you. i heard senator hatch s comments at the end and i think if you look at what the president s done over the course of the last several weeks by outlining not only a new nuclear posture review, but also sending a budget to the senate which would increase the science and technology and lab torres and you put on top of that, the s.t.a.r.t. treaty which returns to the united states as rightful place as leader, i think that not only have we invested in maintaining our stockpile, but now, we re doing what we need to do, which is making the united states as secretary gates said yesterday on tv, stronger and more secure.
its democracy is working through this tragedy, the country is united and the people should now the united states is standing right there with it. thank you very much. busy day at the white house. we look forward to announcements from the summit throughout the hour and the day. and will the senate ratify that s.t.a.r.t. treaty signed by the president last week in prague? senator joe lieberman joining us next. he has some doubts. plus, mitt romney wins the straw poll, but ron paul is only one vote behind. are they the 2012 front-runners? send me your thoughts. you can find me on twitter. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america s beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%.
agree to cut back on the number of nuclear warheads that we have. and also second factor is to get assurances from the administration that notwithstanding this treaty, which i think most people in the senate want to support, that they will continue to go ahead with the plan that president obama announced last year, to build a missile defense system in europe. they did issue a side letter even after signing the treaty. as you know, back when the s.t.a.r.t. treaty was signed, there were side letters, each side saying they re going to continue to pursue missile defense. you of course as a former attorney general in connecticut, as someone very deeply involved in these issues, what does it mean when pat leahy says he wants someone with real life
and keep improving them and making sure that the united states will be strong enough to basically stand off anybody who might want to misuse nuclear weapons or nuclear power. thank you very much. we re going to be talking about the president s nuclear weaponry and the safety of the arsenal with dennis mcdonough. mr. obama has been holding meetings all day at the summit headquarters at the convention center. in about 90 minutes, his meeting with president hu takes place. thank you very much for meeting, being with us today on a busy day. let s talk about first of all, senator hatch s concerns about the modernization of the nuclear weapons and whether in signing the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, the president has created some problems with some of the members of the senate because of
nuclear power and right now, i think iran s moving forward and the rest of the world is basically not doing anything that will change their behavior. now, what about the s.t.a.r.t. treaty? you said you have concerns about it. one of the things you said is that you re not sure about the weapons modernization. secretary gates believes there is adequate money for modernization and testing with the national labs. you know the defense appropriation better than anyone, so what doubts do you have about the ability of our nuclear stockpile to be kept you want to date as you look at this treaty? i hope i can support ratification of the s.t.a.r.t. trea treaty, but i m not there yet. the basic idea that we would reduce the nuclear warheads in the world is of course, a