Dick Lugar: “Climate change will force changes in why the United States fights, gives aid, supports governments.”

Diplomacy is not a luxury. It is essential to American national security, especially in an era of terrorism.

The President has to want to get back into the discussions. At this point, there is not evidence that that is the case.

I believe that the verification provisions of New START are important, to begin with, leaving aside anything else.

I rise today to address my colleagues on a number of issues important to the future of the United States and to offer some perspective on Senate service. In a few weeks, I will leave the Senate for new pursuits that will allow me to devote…