Richard Lugar actually said...

"if we don't sustain the long-term investments necessary to prevent failing states and to reduce the poverty that can spawn instability and extremism, we run the risk of paying a far higher price down ..."

"It's not going to go away. And unfortunately in this region, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, you have failed states, and other states are perhaps on the verge of failing."

"I don't understand why any country would be opposed to a solution that addressed the piracy issue."

"I think it's not unreasonable to think that there would be such successful negotiations, because rural shipping is being vilely affected by this."