Open Society Institute
Morton H. Halperin, Senior Advisor
Open Society Institute is an international organization dedicated to promoting democracies that are tolerant and accountable to their people. Morton H. Halperin is a foreign policy expert who served in the administrations of Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. The following is excerpted from Halperin’s June 24, 2010, testimony during Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the New START Treaty. I appear in support of the Senate consenting to ratification of the New START Treaty. I have no doubt that ratification is in the national interest and that the treaty will strengthen strategic stability between the United States…