Trust Still Needs Verification, (Washington Times)…Richard Lugar, July 18, 2008, Pg. 24
Although it escaped most news media attention, the United States received an important bit of good news over the July 4 holiday: Russia’s parliament overwhelmingly approved legislation that enables the United States and Russia to continue their 16-year cooperation to safeguard and destroy the vast Soviet nuclear, chemical and biological weapons arsenal, which to this day remains a danger to both countries.