Dick Lugar: “I rise today to share a wonderful story illustrating the outpouring of support which the United States has received from…”

“I rise today to share a wonderful story illustrating the outpouring of support which the United States has received from friends and allies around the world in the days since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11. I recently joined Senate and House colleagues for a luncheon sponsored by the Congressional Study Group on Germany. Former Congressman Larry La Rocca, a Democrat from Idaho, hosted the luncheon to provide Members of Congress with an opportunity to meet the new German Ambassador, Wolfgang Ischinger. During Congressman La Rocca's introduction, he read an e-mail a close friend of his received from his son serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Winston Churchill. The Congressman read the e-mail as a timely reminder of the close relationship between the United States and Germany. I found the story to be inspiring, and I wish to share it with my colleagues and the American people.”