Senate Republicans Remain Skeptical of START Treaty

WASHINGTON, DC - May 18: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during the Senate Foreign Relations hearing with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). The three affirmed that the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, will Òmake our country more secure,Ó in ClintonÕs words. And all three firmly rebutted Republican critiques of the treaty, which was signed by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on April 8. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)