I think we have every reason in the world to understand that every time we provide credit to a farmer who is displaced or training to a woman who wants to run a business out of her home that we are creating stability and security throughout the world, and that is in the national interest of the United States.
Emphasizes the importance of foreign assistance for U.S. national security.
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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.
Jettisoning treaties that provide a legal framework for exposing Russian violations achieves nothing.
There is precedent for using patient diplomacy to resolve treaty violations.
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.
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