300 days and Still No Senate Vote on the New START Treaty
Today marks the anniversary of the ratification of the first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991. Negotiated in the 1980s, this treaty gave America a stable strategic nuclear weapons framework and what President Reagan called a “trust but verify” verification regime.
Today, we no longer have a binding agreement between the U.S. and Russia. Even though we signed a new START agreement in April, the Senate still has not ratified it. This means that it has been 300 days since START 1 ended and verification was left at a standstill.
Our professional inspectors have spent years ensuring Russian compliance. They are ready and waiting to return to work. We need these “boots on the ground” because without them we are doing the opposite of what President Reagan advised – relying on trust with no verification.
The Senate needs to do its job – to protect American security by ratifying the New START treaty without further delay…
– Dr. Janne Nolan
