Dick Lugar: “It appears that Secretary Gates agrees with both of you and is apparently asking for approximately $5 billion in…”

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

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.

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

Congress could condition funding to develop new missiles on receipt from the administration of a comprehensive military, economic, and diplomatic strategy to bring Russia back into compliance with the treaty.