Dick Lugar: “I understand our leader, Senator McConnell, is asking we speak for no more than 10 minutes, but I ask unanimous consent…”

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

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.

That is a very dangerous attitude to take.

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.