Hillary Clinton on START: No arms deal? No way to check Russia.

"Some may argue that we don't need the new START treaty. But the choice before us is between this treaty and no treaty governing our nuclear security relationship with Russia, between this treaty and no agreed verification mechanisms on Russia's strategic nuclear forces, between this treaty and no legal obligation for Russia to maintain its strategic nuclear forces below an agreed level."

– US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, at Senate hearings on the ratification of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.