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security. >> reporter: but ratification requiring 67 votings in the senate is far from certain. republican leader mitch mcconnell vowed to oppose it. >> i think if they had taken more time with this, rushing it right before christmas strikes me as trying to jam us. >> reporter: supporters argue there has been plenty of time for deliberation. with 18 hearings since president obama and rush ran president medvedev signed the arms control deal in april. and in his weekly address mr. obama warned against delaying ratification. >> every minute we drag our feet is a minute that we have no inspectors on the ground at those russian nuclear sites. >> reporter: but opponents argue the treaty is flawed. claiming language in the preamble could restrict plans to build a missile defense system in europe. the administration insist missile defense will not be hindered but republican lindsey graham is waiting to hear from russia. >> i want the russians to tell me their ability for strategic missile defense.