Second, the START I and II verification measures are predicated on elaborate and artificial counting rules.
"I think at the start I didn't do a good enough job of pressuring him, " Wood said.
The Conventional Forces in Europe and START I treaties and the Chemical Weapons Convention are cases in point.
Under the 1991 START I Treaty, each side was limited to 1, 600 launchers.
For example, under START I the U.S. has nine different types of warheads.
Initially, the Obama administration's negotiators confidently predicted they would have START I's successor negotiated in ample time to avoid a verification gap.
Before the start I was very nervous because I suddenly realised that I'd got a great chance to do something that was beyond my wildest dreams.
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Doing so, they argue, would in turn prompt Russia to refuse to ratify the START II Treaty and to withdraw from the earlier START I accord.
Russia may well reject this proposal, because START I's verification measures are far more robust than those in New START (itself a main weakness of the new treaty).
The meeting will be chaired by Ambassador Max Kampelman, President Reagan's highly respected chief negotiator in the U.S.-Soviet START I talks, and sponsored by the National Institute for Public Policy.
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" Specifically, they are "focusing on how to apply verification measures included in the earlier START I and START II arms control treaties to the new limits proposed for offensive weapons.
Thus, it was the Obama administration that failed to meet its own deadline for achieving a new arms-control treaty with Russia, the Obama administration that decided not to extend START I and the Obama administration that did not obtain a verification bridging agreement.
It will be a little different than the START I verification system, but it is more than adequate to make sure that we know what they are doing and they know what we are doing, and it has been so identified as being adequate by our intelligence community.
On the most immediate challenge, working out an arms control agreement to replace the START I treaty which expires December 5, the two presidents signed a joint understanding for a follow-on agreement to START that commits both parties to a legally binding treaty that will reduce nuclear weapons.
"I was nervous up until I went out of the start ... but when I got in the start, I felt alive and ready to race, " she added.
Before I start, I just want to acknowledge an outstanding member of Congress who is fighting every day on behalf of the people of his district -- Dave Loebsack is here.
Before I start, I just want to introduce the folks on stage here, because the extraordinary work that they did is the reason that a lot of families are going to be helped all across the country.
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And I want to just -- before I start, I know that I have been spending a great deal of time in the front row in particular, but the front two rows, so I really want to try to move to give other people a chance to get their questions in today.
So if I was you I would start working, and I mean, start working!
"I had a decent start and I just tried to keep my momentum going, " Merritt said.
As I mentioned at the start, I am sorry about all those ridiculous euphemisms you heard from our Pentagon spokespeople.
"Of course, I'll retire when I start to realize I'm not doing as good a job as I should, " he said, adding he still thinks he is fully engaged.
It's very difficult to overtake the Red Bulls at the start but I'm on the cleaner side of the track so hopefully I can get a good start and jump the guy (Webber) on the outside who's on the dirty side.
And I have to say before we start, I also had a sandwich, a turkey sandwich here that was outstanding.
"I was tired and tense at the start but I am pleased to get to the final and I would have taken that and a personal best before I came here, " she said.
But in the second stint I could start pushing and I came up right behind him.
In the worst case, the company I start goes under and I lose every dime.
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