Dick Lugar: “Preventing the return of the Taliban to control of Afghanistan, maintaining stability in Pakistan, and keeping up the…”

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.

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.

Congress, via the power of the purse, also has the ability to prevent the administration from taking steps, such as testing and fielding new and unnecessary land-based intermediate-range missile systems.

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