Dick Lugar: “Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for calling this important hearing on Pakistan.”

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

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

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.

There is precedent for using patient diplomacy to resolve treaty violations.