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  Dick Lugar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Green "Dick" Lugar (born April 4, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Indiana.
Lugar unsuccessfully sought election to the U.S. Senate as the Republican nominee in 1974, losing to incumbent Democrat Birch Bayh.
Lugar has been influential in gaining Senate ratification of treaties to reduce the world's use, production and stockpiling of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
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 Anti Essays : : Profile of Senator Richard Lugar
Senator Lugar has since been reelected two times (in 1988, he won by an overwhelming 68% percent of the total vote) and is currently in the midst of a campaign for President of the United States where he faces eight other challengers for the Republican nomination.
Lugar's involvement and membership to key Senate Foreign Affairs sub-committees, and being the chair of the full committee for one session of Congress shows his willingness and diligence to be involved in this policy area.
Lugar insists that an effort by the U.S. is needed to ensure the peace process of the war stricken region.
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 Richard Lugar - a Star Library biography
During Lugar’s two terms as mayor (1968-1975) one of the most notable events in Indianapolis government history occurred; the adoption of Uni-Gov, a merger of the city and Marion County governments.
Lugar has been a visiting professor of political science and director of public affairs at Indiana Central University, (which was later renamed the University of Indianapolis), and president of the National League of Cities.
In 2000 Lugar and former Senator Sam Nunn were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to reduce the nuclear threat posed by the breakup of the former Soviet Union.
www2.indystar.com /library/factfiles/people/l/lugar_richard/lugar.html   (735 words)

  
 Project Vote Smart - Senator Lugar - Interest Group Ratings
For 2001-2002, the Concord Coalition gave Senator Lugar a rating of 74 percent.
Fall 2004 Senator Lugar supported the interests of the Conservative Index - The John Birch Society 75 percent in Fall 2004.
The Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel assigned Senator Lugar a score of -1.
www.vote-smart.org /issue_rating_category.php?can_id=S0280103   (9032 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Lugar predicts his committee will approve Bolton nomination   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The assessment by Sen. Richard Lugar, whose committee abruptly postponed a vote on the troubled nomination last week, came as the White House took a new tack in its battle to get Bolton confirmed.
Lugar said he has spoken nearly every day with Republican members of his committee, including the four whose support for Bolton, the tough-talking arms control chief, has wavered.
Lugar and committee Democrats have agreed to hold a vote that day and to let GOP and Democratic staffs interview witnesses privately through May 6.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-04-27-lugar-bolton_x.htm   (706 words)

  
 Richard Lugar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lugar attended thepublic schools of Indianapolis.
Lugar served on the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners from 1964-67, and then as mayor of Indianapolis from 1968-75.He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1974.
Lugar has been influential in gaining Senate ratification of treaties to reduce the world's use, production and stockpiling ofnuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
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 Richard Lugar on Almondnet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Richard G. Lugar is the chairman of the...
Richard Lugar, Republican from Indiana and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is interviewed...
Sen Richard Lugar Republican from Indiana and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is interviewed on FOX News Sunday in Washington Sunday Nov 28 2004 Lugar discussed the situation in Iraq Iran and the bitterly disputed presidential...
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 Richard G. Lugar, United States Senator for Indiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Lugar chair was established by donations to the Golden Anniversary Fund of the Class of 1954 for its 50th reunion.
Lugar also urged passage of S.969, The Attacking Viral Influenza Across Nations Act, introduced by Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and cosponsored by Lugar to prevent and to combat avian influenza.
Lugar's Introduction of Judge John Roberts to Serve as the 109th Justice of the Supreme Court and the 17th Chief Justice of the United States
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 Richard Lugar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Richard G. Richard G. Lugar, U.S. Senator (R-Indiana), is "Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a well-known leader in national security issues.
A proponent of free trade and economic growth, Senator Lugar was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976 and in 2000 won his third consecutive victory by a two-thirds majority.
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 Sen. Richard Lugar's Advice to the Next President
In his recently released edition, he presents a letter to the candidates of the 2004 presidential race, one of whom will be handed the task of protecting America from catastrophic terrorism while attempting to lead both an electorate and a legislative branch that are bitterly divided.
Lugar joined Sen. Sam Nunn in 1991 to enact the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which has dismantled thousands of nuclear weapons, and he stresses the importance of containing weapons of mass destruction.
Richard G. Lugar is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the longest serving U.S. Senator in Indiana history.
www.ereleases.com /pr/20041020006.html   (608 words)

  
 CNN.com - Senator: U.S. force may be needed in Mideast - Jun. 15, 2003
Lugar said he did not want to "race ahead of a lot of talks that must take place" and that the Israelis and Abbas ought to be allowed to "settle the situation."
The Israelis, Lugar said, "are fully up to the task of dealing with Hamas, and they should," although he said he does not support Israel's policy of "targeted killings" of militant leaders.
Lugar also said an armed international force could be needed to keep the Palestinians and Israelis apart.
edition.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/15/lugar.mideast   (686 words)

  
 LETTERS TO THE NEXT PRESIDENT
Senator Richard Lugar is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the longest serving Senator in
Richard G. Lugar is the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the longest serving U.S. Senator in
Lugar led the 1988 Senate ratification of the INF Treaty with the
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 Richard Lugar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Richard Green Lugar (born April 4, 1932) is the senior United States Senator from Indiana, a Republican.
He graduated from Denison University in 1954, and he attended Pembroke College in Oxford, England, as a Rhodes Scholar and received a graduate degree in 1956.
Lugar served on the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners from 1964-67, and then as mayor of Indianapolis from 1968-75.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/richard_lugar   (378 words)

  
 OurSenate: IN / Richard Lugar Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lugar is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and plays a big role in international relations.
He was a member of the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners from 1964 to 1967 and served as mayor of Indianapolis from 1968 to 1975.
Lugar first ran for the U-S Senate in 1974, losing to Democratic incumbent Birch Bayh.
www.oursenate.com /archives/2006_election/in_richard_lugar   (540 words)

  
 US House of Representatives Shoots Down Expansion Plans for CTR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Despite the set-back in the House of Representatives, Lugar noted, a modified version of the provision, which gives the Defense Department $50m for expansion activities, was approved in the Senate, and has the backing of the Republican Bush Administration.
Lugar pointed to the Bush Administration's budget request for CTR work next year, which represents a 30 percent increase in the funding requested for the current year.
Still, Lugar — a Republican himself — hinted that it was difficult to fathom the level of opposition to CTR activities that has boiled up among republicans in the House of Representatives for the past two years.
www.bellona.no /en/international/russia/nuke-weapons/nonproliferation/29318.html   (1288 words)

  
 Richard Lugar - dKosopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lugar attended the public schools of Indianapolis, during this time he attained the Boy Scout's rank of Eagle Scout.
Senator Lugar is Chairman of the Agriculture Committee and member of the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI).
Richard Lugar from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
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 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Richard Lugar
Richard Lugar (news, bio, voting record), R-Ind. the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday, when Rice was making her first Capitol Hill appearance in eight months.
Richard Lugar sent a letter to Scank asking her to help gather interviews from veterans in all the wars in the 20th century.
Richard Lugar, Indiana Republican, said: "The opposition leaders underlined that the registration process of the MP candidates went well, which is a step forward compared to the previous elections." President Aliyev went further by warning all regional election officials not to interfere in the old Soviet fashion, when ballot-stuffing was common.
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 Lugar, Richard --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1976 Richard Lugar of Indiana, the former mayor of Indianapolis, was elected to the United States Senate.
Richard Burbage was known as the first performer to play Shakespeare's Richard III, Othello, Romeo, Hamlet, Henry V, and Lear.
The English writer and librarian Richard Garnett was the head of the Garnett family, which exerted a formative influence on the development of modern British writing.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9312248?tocId=9312248   (760 words)

  
 Nation's Restaurant News: Sen. Lugar seeks drastic tax system overhaul - Richard Lugar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lugar noted the National Restaurant Association's drunk driving task force positions as "responsible, constructive actions" and declared that "restaurateurs must weigh their alcoholic beverage sales and profits against the terrible results of drunken driving on the nation's roads."
If President Reagan is re-elected, Lugar said (he made it evident he regards this as at least a "strong probability") and if the Senate stays Republican (not as certain), measures will be taken to drastically reduce the current projected $180 billion annual deficit by $150 billion over the next three years.
Lugar, chief coordinator for the election of Republican Senate candidates, posed a paradox that "theoretically balancing the budget is impossible" but that "it somehow could be done over a period of several years under a Republican administration."
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3190/is_v18/ai_3234642   (618 words)

  
 NPR : Interview : Richard Lugar and Bob Bennett Discuss Republican Senatorial Points of View in the Debate About Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Senator Lugar is just back from hearing from constituents, and he says they still have many more questions than answers about the administration's position on Iraq.
Senator RICHARD LUGAR (Republican, Indiana): I think my colleagues and I have a belief that the most important issue that our constituents raise now and the one most often issue is Iraq.
LUGAR: Well, I am intrigued by it, but I think it would be disingenuous not to say that many of us are skeptical of how far the inspection situation will go.
www.npr.org /programs/atc/transcripts/2002/sep/020905.siegel.html   (1269 words)

  
 VOA News Report
SENATOR LUGAR: The United States should stay the course in the constructive work that we're doing with other nations in Bosnia, in Kosovo, in Macedonia, in other troubled areas in which stability has come, progress is occurring.
SENATOR LUGAR: Secretary Powell feels that we should not proceed with formal public negotiations on the so-called roadmap that could lead to agreement on many issues between Israel and the Palestinian Authority until after the Israeli general election.
SENATOR LUGAR: I'm pleased the United States is supporting strongly the OAS efforts to mediate the dispute, to find perhaps an accelerated date for an election and resolution of the democratic process.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/dprk/2002/dprk-021219-3f5ef48d.htm   (828 words)

  
 Disarmament Documentation: align="left">'Nunn-Lugar deactivated more than 300 nuclear warheads in 2004', Press ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1997, Lugar and Nunn were joined by Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) in introducing the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, which expanded Nunn-Lugar authorities in the former Soviet Union and provided WMD expertise to first responders in American cities.
Senator Lugar traveled to Albania on August 27 and 28, 2004, to meet with Albanian leaders and visit the chemical weapons storage facility that has already received US assistance to enhance the security surrounding the stockpile.
Lugar also plans to reintroduce legislation from the 108th Congress to further strengthen U.S. nonproliferation efforts.
www.acronym.org.uk /docs/0501/doc06.htm   (948 words)

  
 Congress Gives US President Three-Year Waiver on Nunn-Lugar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Once the bill is signed, Nunn-Lugar will not have to be re-certified for the next three years — a task that will fall to Bush, or whoever may defeat him in the 2004 elections.
Senator Lugar made it apparent in a statement that the lion's share of Nunn-Lugar efforts this year would be directed toward the destruction of nearly 2 million modern chemical weapons artillery shells and SCUD missile warheads at the Urals chemical weapons storage facility in Shchuchye.
At a visit to Shchuchye in May, Lugar was told by the Russians that the weapons stored there in a simple barn-like buildings could kill the world's population some 20 times over.
www.bellona.no /en/international/russia/nuke-weapons/nonproliferation/27240.html   (757 words)

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