July 14, 2010: Admiral Robert R. Monroe (Retired) authored an opinion commentary for the Washington Times entitled "No New START with Russia"
To date, Senate ratification hearings on the New START nuclear weapons treaty with Russia have been "love-ins." A parade of witnesses - mostly Obama administration members, elder statesmen committed to "a world without nuclear weapons," and veteran arms controllers - have painted the treaty as another modest, responsible reduction in numbers of weapons, a new nonproliferation initiative and an important element for "resetting" our relations with Russia.
Read the entire article on the Washington Times web site: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/14/no-new-start-with-russia/
Robert R. Monroe, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, is a former director of the Defense Nuclear Agency.
