Dick Lugar: “Captain Phillips' leadership, his bravery during and after the pirate assault on his ship have been justifiably praised…”

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

What we really need right now is a revival of NATO, a revival of the spirit of the allies...

It seems to me to be really a safety net there.

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.