this and i think the american people are are much relieved that the senate passed this yesterday chuck hagel a former republican senator who would like to have you on the program tonight thank you for being with us thank you. democratic strategist robert winter spoke to me he says he believes the new treaty was d.z. for the senate to ratify but that it could bring a nuclear free world a little closer one of the debates that made no sense was the republican saying that it wouldn't when this allows inspections on both sides and that's really what counts as reagan always said trust but verify and this treaty gives a very strong verification apparatus it was an amazing development that the president would get seventy one votes when only sixty seven were required for the supermajority and the reason for that is finally the republicans have decided all but only after the election that it's time to govern not to play partisan politics the fact that we're willing to cut is a moral statement that the world will pay attention to and it gives credence to the dream from reagan to obama and all the secre

and everybody makes fun of the dream but i think we none of us wants to die with this same story chuck hagel a former republican senator in the u.s. believes that the deal is possible because moscow and washington understand there are areas where they need each other a russian the united states have many common interests and we are working together on so many of these common interests all over the world whether whether it's iran whether it's north korea economy energy europe nato. less than we are are bound together as global citizens of the world and russia is one of the leading nations of the world as is the united states we need to cooperate we need to get along we are not always going to agree but i think the ratification of this treaty for our side and i assume will be done in moscow soon i think is a very significant relationship in hampshire and builder for both of our countries . in his final speech of the year u.s. president obama has described the start treaty as the most significant agreement for his country in decades in about two hours president dmitri medvedev is also planning

chuck hagel had a very eloquent statement. he ends it by saying "this would be devastating not just for arms control, but for security interests worldwide if we didn't deal with this issue." henry kissinger has a very long statement. i won't read the entire one. but he says "for all these reasons, i recommend ratification of this treaty. i do not believe this treaty is an obstacle to a missile defense program or pho tkerpbgzation. rejection this have treaty would indicate a new period of pherpbl policy has start -- of american policy has started that would have an unsettling impact on the international environment." here you have somebody who has been deeply involved in foreign relations for so many years, saying in essence -- and i am not quoting him here but i'm summing up what i read -- would be a radical departure from america's foreign policy if we were not to do this. james baker, secretary of state for president george bush, and he writes, "new start appears to take our country in a direction that can enhance our nation