Richard Lugar actually said...

"How, Secretary Panetta, would you begin to describe the military problem here?"

"The Senate should enthusiastically affirm the leadership of the United States in this vital area of international relations by giving advice and consent to the Law of the Sea Convention."

"THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AND STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES FOR RATIFICATION"

"Each of you knows that we got briefings here about the so-called pivot of our national defense toward the South China Sea, toward the Pacific."