Hillary Rodham Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State
Secretary Clinton has served as U.S. secretary of state since January 21, 2009. For the previous eight years, she was a U.S. senator from New York. The following is excerpted from Secretary Clinton’s June 17, 2010, testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the New Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (START). I know that some argue we don’t need the New START Treaty. But let’s be clear about the choice before us. It is between this treaty and no legal obligation for Russia to keep its strategic nuclear forces below an agreed level, and between this treaty and no on-the-ground…
