WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Deb Fischer issued the following press release:
Today, Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Chair of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, questioned witnesses to examine New START -the U.S.- Russia treaty that mutually limits nuclear arsenals.
The panel included former STRATCOM Commander Admiral Charles Richard, USN (Ret.); Rose E. Gottemoeller of Stanford University and the Hoover Institution; and Timothy A. Morrison of the Hudson Institute.
Fischer's remarks as prepared for delivery:
Nuclear deterrence underpins our national security, and for the last 80 years, it has worked. Our deterrence strategy has also - rightfully - evolved over time.
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