Kerry Implores Senate Panel To Send START To The Floor

In prepared remarks this morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) nudged lawmakers on the panel to vote ‘yes’ on the New START Treaty.

“We have had five months of investigation, study, and consultation. Now, it is time for us to act. We must act to improve the nuclear security of the United States. We must report New START to the Senate,” Kerry said.

The panel is expected to vote on a resolution later in the day. Kerry and  Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the committee’s ranking Republican, are confident the resolution will pass out of committee, but have hesitated to say whether ratification will be taken up by the full Senate before the midterm elections…

Kerry: Best Not To Overhype Wikileaks Scandal, Though It Does Endanger Americans

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) said today that it is important to not overhype the WikiLeaks story, and said the leaks have “no relation whatsoever” to the Pentagon Papers.

Kerry also said that the release of classified documents “breaks the law, undermines the job being done by our troops, and potentially puts people in harms way.” 

- Brandon Kosters