we will now turn to steve pifer. steve? >> thank you, daryl.delving into the deails of the verification of the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty. i'm not sure if i will make progress in five minutes. this is the text of the treaty, the protocol and the documents on and probably between 85 to 90% of the pages deal with the verification issues so let me just make three or four basic observations about the new s.t.a.r.t. and basic for ratification. first is some have criticized new s.t.a.r.t. for having listened we of verification than was the case with the s.t.a.r.t. once signed in 1971 and it's true july of las year when the president met in moscow they decided they would try to simplify and streamline the provisions and there were several reasons for this. first of all, the military's on both sides wanted to make verification less costly and less trusive on the day-to-day operational practices. second, the head 15 years of imementing the verification regime of the s.t.a.r.t. once they learned what made sense and ways to make it efficient and they played in