Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen addresses the renewal of the START I treaty, which was ratified by Russia and the United States in 1991 in an attempt by both nations to achieve a dramatic reduction in strategic forces. Cohen also discusses the possibility that START be renewed before it expires at the end 2009. Cohen insists that it is not too late to solve the issue as long as both countries show determination in the process. (0:27)

 

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Baker Spring, Research Fellow of National Security Policy at the Heritage Foundation, described the Obama administration’s failure to conduct the fundamental reviews necessary for a well grounded arms control policy as a “rush to failure”. Spring went on to add that arms control was at the heart of the U.S.-Soviet relationship and is now a central theme of the U.S.-Russia relationship. (1:04)

 

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Yevgeny Volk, Coordinator at the Heritage Foundation’s Moscow office, joins a discussion, via satellite, on the upcoming U.S.-Russia Summit. He says Russia must look at arms control as a two-way street, not only preventing present threats but also forthcoming threats. He also adds that they must realize that the threats are not coming from the United States. (0:40)

 

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