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Missile Defense
Under Secretary Tauscher: "As Secretary Clinton said in Munich last month, 'We have made it absolutely clear -- we will not accept any constraints on our missile defenses. The United States Government will do what is necessary to protect America, our forces, our allies and friends from attacks from countries outside of Europe.' " Full Text» Learn More»
New START
Under Secretary Tauscher: "So let me talk a little bit about the new START treaty for a minute or two ... .This landmark agreement accomplishes two goals. First, it enhances our national security by cutting by about one-third the nuclear weapons that both sides are permitted to deploy, and it maintains an effective verification regime appropriate to the obligations in the treaty. It does this while allowing us to retain the nuclear force levels we need to protect our country and our allies." Full Text» Learn More»
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference
Under Secretary Tauscher: "President Obama set out a vision for the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons and outlined a realistic path to achieve that goal. Over the last four weeks, the Parties to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) have worked tirelessly and with great dedication to review the implementation of the NPT and reaffirm the international consensus it embodies." Full Text» Learn More»
Nuclear Posture Review
Under Secretary Tauscher: "In addition to reaffirming our commitment to missile defenses, the NPR [Nuclear Posture Review] also supports the goal of bolstering nonproliferation. We want to give more incentive to non-nuclear states not to seek or acquire nuclear weapons. So we updated our Negative Security Assurance (NSA) to make it clear that non-nuclear weapon states party to the NPT who comply with their nuclear nonproliferation obligations do not have to fear a U.S. nuclear attack." Full Text» Learn More»
Nuclear Security Summit
Secretary Clinton: "I was honored to be a part of the Nuclear Security Summit in which representatives from 47 nations, as well as the European Union, United Nations and IAEA, joined together to keep vulnerable nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists or criminals. This is not something any nation can do alone. At the Summit, leaders committed to safeguard nuclear materials under their control. And they agreed to work toward signing key international treaties on nuclear security and nuclear terrorism." Full Text» Learn More»
