when we got back from gena last april, we put together a whole package. 200 plus pages that goes to theribes everything about it. it went to the senate in the middle of may. we started a series the hearings. 18 over the coue of the summer and used the summer all to answer the questions the senators threw our way. so the senate has had the whole summer to be looking at the treaty, and we have been working closely with them throughout that period. in september, we had the vote to recommend the full and whether they will give the full advice. it's been six month period of intense work. on the national security. that's a good question. it'sot the cold war. we don't fear a soviet strike. the russians are good partners to us on national security and other fronts as well. so what are we dealing with here? the ash and trash of the cold war. we still have to deal with the build up of the nuclear weapons that took place during the cold war. otherwise, they are just the. we may end up with loose nukes problems or probls of accidental launch of missiles. as weapons are sitting around and systems ar