Richard Lugar actually said...

"The United States relationship with Russia remains, as you pointed out, critical to many foreign policy priorities, including nuclear nonproliferation, counterterrorism and global energy security, and..."

"The idea obviously, just following your reasoning, was to have an independent source of oil or natural gas or both that were not involved with Russia and offered, therefore, a competitive element."

"With a little bit more assistance from us, it could be that Cape Verde could move its economy toward an economy that is not donor-driven solely but that is based on private sector revenues."

"The United States Coast Guard has acknowledged that Cape Verde is its strongest partner in the region."