Dick Lugar: “Let me just comment that at least we're told that eventually we want to get to 170,000 Afghan National Army soldiers and…”

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.

Jettisoning treaties that provide a legal framework for exposing Russian violations achieves nothing.

In the likely event the INF Treaty collapses in August, the only remaining bilateral U.S.-Russia arms control agreement would be New START, which expires in 2021 but can be extended by up to five years through agreement by both parties.

Yes, I believe New START meets this threshold with one exception.