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First up, everyone.

I am honored to be back here in the Czech Republic with President Medvedev and our Czech

hosts to mark this historic completion of the new START

treaty. In April 2010, Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev met in Prague to sign the

New START Treaty. This day demonstrates the determination of the United States and Russia, the two nations that hold over 90% of the world's nuclear weapons, to pursue responsible global leadership.

The Armed Control Program limited the number of large warheads and missiles the two countries could deploy,

and allowed on-site inspections of each other's facilities

to ensure they were following the rules.

Together, we are keeping our commitments under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

That deal was an emblem of accord and restraint in the nuclear arms race.

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