Richard Lugar actually said...

"The regime's shocking brutality over the past 5 months and opposition figures' outreach to these communities is eroding that support."

"Turkey is a pivotal country at a critical place geographically, in a very tense moment of conflict throughout the region."

"You are, of course, quite right that an earlier conversation that we had with the Czech Government about the shared early warning system... was overtaken by events."

"Thank you very much, Madam Chairman."