WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
"The U.S. needs both strategic deterrence and a renewed diplomatic effort - alongside our allies and partners - to avoid another arms race. Every day that passes without that, makes Americans less safe."
Over the weekend, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly published (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/15/new-start-treaty-expired/) an op-ed warning that the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia eliminated the last legally binding limits on the world's two largest nuclear arsenals, increasing the risk of miscalculation and a new arms race at a time when China is expanding its nuclear forces and No...