Dick Lugar: “Could some say that, 'By and large, you just can't count on us.'”

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

Yes, I believe New START meets this threshold with one exception.

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.

Congress has the ability to press the administration on its strategy to prevent a new Euro-missile race and increased instability in the absence of the INF Treaty.