Posted on 11/29/2010 2:58:03 PM PST by onyx
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said it’s crucial to ratify the new START treaty during the lame duck session and failure to do so would harm America’s image abroad.
Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made his arguments in a forceful speech on the Senate floor late Monday.
It was the second part of a joint effort with the Obama administration to push for a vote on the 28-page treaty in the Senate. Earlier in the day, President Obama told reporters he intends to make the START treaty a priority in a Tuesday meeting with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders at the White House. Obama called the treaty “so essential to our safety and security.”
Meanwhile, Kerry used his 35-minute floor speech to push back against GOP criticism that the treaty would erode the U.S.’s nuclear protections and is being rushed through the Senate. Countering critics point-by-point, Kerry said the treaty has already been repeatedly delayed and that an ongoing failure to ratify it is actually harming America more.
“With one simple vote before we leave here in the next days, we could approve the new START treaty and make America and the world more secure, and take an important step forward in leadership, as we express to the world our sense of responsibility with respect to nuclear weapons,” Kerry said. “That’s the opportunity we have.”
The senator dismissed demands by incoming freshmen GOP senators that they have a chance to vote on the treaty. Several GOP senators have sent a letter asking for that opportunity, but Kerry said only the 111th Congress has scrutinized the treaty in depth through testimonial and debate hearings as well as congressional trips overseas.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
“What happens when the president of the United States negotiates a treaty and comes back here and the rest of the world sees that treaty bogged down — not in the substance of the treaty, but in the politics of the day?” Kerry said.
Maybe they will realise that they are not the only ones who see Obama as a joke.
Some in the Congress know it too.
(Not Kerry of Course, he can’t see past Obama’s navel, which fills his eyes).
One and we can only hope.
There is NO need for a vote during the lameduck session and every damn democrat knows it.
This is going to be the mother of all Lame Duck and RINO sessions. These !@#$%^@ are moving full bore to pass freedom killing big government bills. Merry Christmas America!
Hmm ... reminds me of the Kyoto Treaty, which was negotiated by Clinton and then voted down 98-0 in the Senate (Kerry was one of the NAYs).
Lugar has gone over to the Dark Side.
He is supporting.....
LOST Treaty
START Treaty
The Dream Act
And one I just heard about today....repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell.
Lugar has gone over to the Dark Side.
He is supporting.....
LOST Treaty
START Treaty
The Dream Act
And one I just heard about today....repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell.
This treaty gives Russia everything it wants. It allows Russia to upgrade their arsenial with more advanced and capable systems. Their tactical warheads to intimidate the region remain in place and gives them a 10 to 1 advantage over NATO. While the treaty stops us from building a comprehensive missle defense. So how can this be good for us or our allies in the region?
HURRY! HURRY! HURRY! GOTTA DO IT RIGHT NOW!!! NOW!!!
Like the recent OBAMACARE bill - it’s gotta be done right now!!! No even small bit of time to READ IT thoroughly or think it through. - HURRY! HURRY!!!
...said it's crucial to ratify the new START treaty during the lame duck session and failure to do so would harm America's image abroad.Look who's worried about projecting a bad image. :') Thanks onyx.
LLS
Exactly! Rush this damn thing through, too.
Make obama look GOOD (weaker) to all the Communists and America haters.
I lost my Dad back a few years ago... you have my deepest sympathies.
LLS
Obama’s “dream” and intent is a nuclear free world.
Just how smart is *that*? odumbo.
IN needs to “hock a lugar”.
LLS
John “F” Kerry and “Dick” Lugar.
They’re going out of their way to insist that they preamble is meaningless. Then why have it?
LLS
Exactly dear FRiend!
LLS
Thank you.
Sorry to hear about your father passing.
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