Dick Lugar: “we walked away from Afghanistan in 1989 with disastrous consequences and we cannot afford to do so again”

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

The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program has been a true success story and has made incredible contributions to U.S. national security in the last 20 years.

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.

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