; (4) the United States strongly condemns the Russian Federation’s violations of the INF Treaty and its noncompliance with its other arms control commitments and treaty obligations, and urges the Russian Federation to come back into full compliance; (5) in responding to the Russian Federation’s deployment of INF-range systems, advocate for those defense and deterrence steps which preserve NATO alliance cohesion and are aimed at averting an arms race on the European continent; (6) pursuit of a verifiable and comprehensive arms control agreement with the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, which may capture strategic and nonstrategic nuclear weapons capabilities, would enhance United States and global security by building upon other treaties, agreements, and transparency measures that reduce nuclear risk; and (7) the United States should continue to encourage opportunities for cooperation with other nuclear possessing states to reduce the salience, number, and role of nuclear weapons in their national military strategies.