Dick Lugar: “Ambassador Burns would be the first Foreign Service officer to serve as Deputy Secretary in nearly 30 years.”

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

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

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

The reasons for Russia's violation are unclear. But I believe the violation was likely due to a number of factors...