Richard Lugar actually said...

New START establishes verification and monitoring mechanisms so that the United States can better understand how Russia is developing and de...

I would mention, just for the sake of clarity, that the START II Treaty did not come into force, due, ultimately, to Russian objections.

We must remember that a world without a binding United States-Russian nuclear weapons agreement is a much more dangerous world.

the United States has been talking very extensively to Russia about missile defense cooperation.