3The White House, Remarks by the President on a New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, March 27, 2009, available at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-a-New- Strategy-for-Afghanistan-and-Pakistan.
4U.S. Department of State, Remarks on Secretary Clinton's Meetings with Foreign Minister Lavrov, October 13, 2009, available at: http://www. state. gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/oct/130563. htm.
5The White House, Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address, January 27, 2010, available at : http://www. whitehouse. gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-state-union-address.
6Philip H. Gordon, U. S. -Russia Relation: Statement before the House Foreign Relations Committee, July 28, 2009, available at: http://www. state. gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2009/126537. htm.
7Dmitry Medvedev, Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, November 12,2009.
8The White House, Joint Statement by Dmitriy A. Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, and Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, Regarding Negotiations on Further Reductions in Strategic Offensive Arm, April 1, 2009, available at: http://www.whitehouse. gov/the_ press_ office/Joint-Statement-hy-Dmitriy-A-Medvedev-and-Barack-Obama/.
9The White House, Fact Sheet: The Joint Understanding for the START Follow-on Treaty, July 6, 2009, available at: http://www. whitehouse. gov/the _press_ office/FACT-SHEET -The-Joint-Understanding-for-the-START-Follow-on-Treaty/.
10The White House, Remarks by President Barack Obama, April 5, 2009, available at: http://www. whitehouse. gov/the_press _office/Remarks-By- President-Barack-Obama-In-Prague-As-Delivered/.
