Dick Lugar: “There are internal drivers that mean it's critical that these peace talks happen, that they make progress, and that we…”

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

Congress has the ability to press the administration on its strategy to prevent a new Euro-missile race and increased instability in the absence of the INF Treaty.

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

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.