Dick Lugar: “If confirmed, the nominee will be responsible for addressing the No. 1 national security threat facing our country…”

The President has to want to get back into the discussions. At this point, there is not evidence that that is the case.

Diplomacy is not a luxury. It is essential to American national security, especially in an era of terrorism.

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

Congress, via the power of the purse, also has the ability to prevent the administration from taking steps, such as testing and fielding new and unnecessary land-based intermediate-range missile systems.