US Senate will support START – Rose Gottemoeller

The Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller says in an interview with the Moscow-based Kommersant daily that she is certain that the US Senate will support the recently signed START treaty. Gottemoeller agrees with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that no one is on the losing end with the new document, since START benefits both Moscow and Washington.

But Gottemoeller also pointed out that the United States would maintain a safe and effective nuclear arsenal, and invest in its technological and engineering base.

The United States is not going to develop new types of warheads or test nuclear weapons.