Richard Lugar actually said...

"I am very pleased the President has nominated a man whose substantive knowledge, experience, and respected leadership are so well suited to this posting."

"It is critical that the United States advance energy security for Lithuania and the entire region by supporting interconnections and the development of alternative sources of energy."

"We cannot stand by and watch one more nation join the ranks of countries where their leadership are deliberately undermining the institutions of democracy and while we do nothing about it."

"I was startled, I should say shocked, by the arrest and detainment of those Americans involved in attempting to work with citizens of Egypt to promote democracy."