United States Department of DefenseSpeechOn the web: http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/2002/s20020717-secdef.html Media contact: media@defenselink.mil or +1 (703) 697-5131 Public contact: public@defenselink.mil or +1 (703) 428-0711 Prepared Testimony for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the Moscow Treaty Prepared Testimony of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C, July 17, 2002. Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee. When President Bush took office last year, he made clear his determination to transform the Russian-American relationship—to put the hostility and distrust built up over so many decades behind us, and set our two nations on a course toward greater...
