the russian federation then gets to go to a selection of three of those navy bombers and, in fact, confirm there are no weapons on those particular bombers through that process. the same procedures in terms of ambiguities is carried through, and the same process taking you back to the point of entry and returning to their home country. in reverse, the u.s. military which populates inspection teams with the defense threat reduction agency goes through a reciprocal process with the russian federation in which we go to each one of their facilities and go through basically the same process. and with that, steve, i will turn it back to you. >> ted, do you want to operate couple comments on the bilateral commission, but also as rose mentioned, the president described new s.t.a.r.t. as a stepping talk about another step coming. would you like to tell us about what the u.s. government is doing with regards to what policy is starting? >> thanks, steve. i welcome the opportunity to see my colleagues again. i see mike in the pentagon perhaps all too often. so that's not so unusual, but rose and i, ou