Richard Lugar actually said...

"We are in a competition for influence with China."

"We are certainly backing off from the commitments to food security, the Feed the Future initiative that Senator Lugar referred to."

"People who have been alienated from their governments with no political power are beginning to believe that they have a personal stake in their country's direction."

"We have also seen a complete dismissal of the work on climate change and energy security, which I think is a grave mistake."