Richard Lugar actually said...

The United Nations is too valuable. Our time is too urgent now. The issues are too pressing.

I want to emphasize that as chairman of the committee, I will do everything in my power to leverage a bipartisan effort here.

We think that there is no place in the 21st century for aggression or intimidation of sovereign states.

there is an obligation on your part to the American people to report about all of this because taxpayer funds of all Americans are involved.