CEMETERY TALK - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with Aghanistan President Hamid Karzai while touring Section 60 in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 13, 2010. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Jerry MorrisonThe Case for the New START Treaty -- Robert Gates, Wall Street Journal
The treaty has the unanimous support of America's military leadership.
I first began working on strategic arms control with the Russians in 1970, an effort that led to the first Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement with Moscow two years later.
The key question then and in the decades since has always been the same: Is the United States better off with an agreement or without it? The answer for each successive president has always been "with an agreement." The U.S. Senate has always agreed, approving each treaty by lopsided, bipartisan margins.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Pakistan and Times Sq. -- Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Japan Can Defend Itself -- Doug Bandow, National Interest
Get Ready for DPRK Collapse -- Minxin Pei, The Diplomat
Did Kim reload in China? -- William Triplett, Washington Times
A turning point in Thailand -- Christopher Johnson, Japan Times
A chance to stand tall against Iran on human rights -- Roxana Saberi, Washington Post
What nonnuclear weapon states want: six key issues -- Micah Zenko, Christian Science Monitor
Lean, green killing machines -- John Naish, New Statesman
Britain Tries Coalition -- New York Times editorial
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