The Gates Foundation and the Department of Agriculture have pointed out that if one is looking for the kinds of yield increases that have made agriculture a very different situation in the United States, so-called genetically modified seed and procedures present a very viable option.
Lugar highlights the potential of genetically modified seeds to improve agricultural yields.
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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.
Several members of Congress have already proposed legislation along these lines.
The President has to want to get back into the discussions. At this point, there is not evidence that that is the case.
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.
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