Dick Lugar: “He has said all along that this is a fight to, as he puts it, liberate the Tamils from the LTTE.”

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

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

I join you in welcoming back Secretary Burns and Tom Nides, both who are good friends of the committee.

I am very grateful to have had this opportunity to serve with each one of you.