Dick Lugar: “Well, I thank the chairman and ranking member for this remarkable hearing. I just have appreciated so much the…”

In the likely event the INF Treaty collapses in August, the only remaining bilateral U.S.-Russia arms control agreement would be New START, which expires in 2021 but can be extended by up to five years through agreement by both parties.

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

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.

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