Dick Lugar: “Does this create such a burden that U.S. firms are likely to be competitively affected?”

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

Diplomacy is not a luxury. It is essential to American national security, especially in an era of terrorism.

It is not the lack of food in the country but the problems of poverty and distribution and income.

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