mr. voinovich: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator ohio is recognized. mr. voinovich: ask you that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. voinovich: i rise today to discuss the challenges america faces in our relationship with russia and their implications on the senate's consideration of new strategic arms reduction treaty known as the start treaty. a number of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have spoken about the treaty's impact on global nuclear nonproliferation. and i'd like to use my remarks today to highlight my concerns about the treaty in the broader context of, one, the obama administration's reset policy towards russia; two, the start treaty's impact on our allies in eastern europe and the bam particular states. i believe these concerns must be addressed by the administration before i can determine my support for the treaty. mr. president, over the last decade, i've been an ardent champion of nato and have worked diligently to increase membership in the alliance. i've also been active in

mr. voinovich: i rise today to discuss the challenges america faces in our relationship with russia and their implications on the senate's consideration of new strategic arms reduction treaty known as the start treaty. a number of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have spoken about the treaty's impact on global nuclear nonproliferation. and i'd like to use my remarks today to highlight my concerns about the treaty in the broader context of, one, the obama administration's reset policy towards russia; two, the start treaty's impact on our allies in eastern europe and the bam particular states. i believe these concerns must be addressed by the administration before i can determine my support for the treaty. mr. president, over the last decade, i've been an ardent champion of nato and have worked diligently to increase membership in the alliance. i've also been active in improving our public diplomacy in eastern europe through our expansion of the visa waiver program at the qualify our friends and alice in central and eastern europe and that legislation which the president signed on visa

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voinovich had these remarks. he spoke for about 20 minutes. >> mr. president, i rise today to discuss the challenges america faces in our relationship with russia and their implications on the senate's consideration of the new strategic arms reduction treaty known as the start treaty. a number of my colleagues on both side of the aisle have spoken about the treaty's impact on global nuclear nonproliferation. i like to use my remarks today to highlight my concerns about the treaty in the broader context of, one, the obama administration's reset policy towards russia. two, the start treaty's impact on our allies in eastern europe and the ball particular states. i believe -- baltic states. i believe these concerns must be addressed by the administration before i can determine my support for the treaty. mr. president, over the last decade i have been an ardent champion of nato and have worked diligently to increase membership in the aligns. i have also been active in improving our public diplomacy in eastern europe through our expansion of the visa waive