Dick Lugar: “As Senator Warner has suggested, let us say Copenhagen occurs and, as you suggested, the response of the Indians...”

the chairman of our committee, the distinguished Senator from Massachusetts, has expressed the case well and strongly. Let me say in simplicity that as we enjoyed hearing of the rights of persons with disabilities, we have learned that…

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.

Several members of Congress have already proposed legislation along these lines.

I believe that the verification provisions of New START are important, to begin with, leaving aside anything else.