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SECRETARY CLINTON:  Hi, everybody.  Nice to be back in familiar surroundings.  Let me start by thanking the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for hosting a breakfast this morning with leadership from both the House and the Senate on some of the most critical national security issues facing our country.  And in particular, I want to thank both Senator Kerry and Senator Lugar for their outstanding leadership on the New START Treaty.  With their stewardship, this treaty is ready to be voted on by the United States Senate.  They have held a dozen hearings.  Other committees have held an additional half dozen.  They crafted a resolution of ratification, incorporating input from senators on both sides of the aisle and they were ultimately able to usher the treaty through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a strong, bipartisan vote of 14 to 4.

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