NEW : Adm. Hillary Clinton voices support for ratification of the new the White House treaty . Mike Mullen urges the the White House to approve the treaty in the lame-duck session . Clinton , Kerry and Lugar warn that U.S. inspections of Russia 's arsenal stopped last December . This is an `` existential problem for our country , '' he said . Russian worry that the White House is n't doing enough to modernize the U.S. arsenal .
NEW : Adm. Hillary Clinton voices support for ratification of the new the White House treaty . Mike Mullen urges the the White House to approve the treaty in the lame-duck session . Clinton , Kerry and Lugar warn that U.S. inspections of Russia 's arsenal stopped last December . Russian worry that the White House is n't doing enough to modernize the U.S. arsenal .