Dick Lugar: “I echo the chairman's thoughts that it's reassuring that you're on top of the START treaty negotiations, the timeframe…”

The reasons for Russia's violation are unclear. But I believe the violation was likely due to a number of factors...

It seems to me to be really a safety net there.

Congress has the ability to press the administration on its strategy to prevent a new Euro-missile race and increased instability in the absence of the INF Treaty.

There is precedent for using patient diplomacy to resolve treaty violations.