And I think it's a very big mistake for it to have been allowed to expire. I know that There was an offer apparently from the Russians to extend [the New START Treaty] a year during which there could be some negotiations. The Trump administration refused that. And their response was that they wanted to try to get China and other nuclear weapons countries into a regime which more power to them if they could ever manage that and if it could be achieved. (54:30–54:38)
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