reduces the number of nuclear weapons and launchers the u.s. and russia deploy while fully maintaining america's nuclear deterrent. and if we ratify the street, we'll have a verification regime in place to track russia's strategic nuclear weapons. including u.s. inspectors on the ground. if we don't, then we don't have a verification regime. no inspectors, no insights into russia's strategic arsenal, no framework for cooperation between the world's two nuclear super powers. as ronald reagan said, we have to trust but we also have to verify, and in order for to us verify we have to have a treaty and the new "start" treaty is a cornerstone of our relations with russia and it goes beyond nuclear security. russia's been fundamental to our efforts to put strong sanctions in place to put pressure on iran