CLOSE THE VERIFICATION GAP -- BY SEN. RICHARD G. LUGAR, The Washington Times

Expiration nears for Russian inspections

"Trust but verify" has been a bedrock of our relationship with Moscow since President Reagan first pronounced the principle during his Cold War negotiations with the Soviet Union.

After communism fell, America's first major treaty with Russia and the other newly democratic former Soviet states that possessed weapons, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), contained a detailed verification system, including intrusive on-site inspections.

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