Richard Lugar actually said...

"we're in two shooting wars in the Middle East, in large measure, because of our dependence on imported petroleum"

"For the better part of 50 or 60 years, our foreign policy had been deeply entwined with oil, in one form or another."

"We must take whatever actions are necessary to reduce our dependence on foreign oil."

"The Pakistani people supported that deal very strongly; something like 74 percent of the population, in a poll taken by the IRI, the International Republican Institute, and published this morning."