Dick Lugar

Her presence at the helm of the State Department could open unique opportunities for U.S. diplomacy.

I introduced the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Relief, to build on previous rounds of debt cancellation.

This funding would be used to acquire a 1,150-acre Peabody Coal Co. parcel adjacent to Snakey Point Marsh.

I wish to share my enthusiasm for a celebration that is soon to take place across America, National Salvation Army Week. The Salvation Army has been serving and enriching American communities for over 125 years. Since 1954, when President…

I rise to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the tragic April 1983 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. As we speak, thousands of State Department employees are living and working abroad, promoting U.S. interests and building stronger…

on February 28, 2008 we ratified the Andean Trade Preference Act, ATPA. Historically, these preferences have been decisive in encouraging both development and liberalization in a key region. Renewing them is an important step in our…

I join my Senate colleagues in expressing our confidence that many wonderful adventures lie before our friend, Trent Lott, and his family, even as we are saddened by his plans to leave the Senate. Tributes to Trent will include praise of…

However, the farm bill before us does not provide meaningful reform. Our current farm policies, sold to the American public as a safety net, actually hurt the family farmer. In the name of maintaining the family farm and preserving rural…

On September 30, the people of Ukraine will return to the ballot box to vote in critical parliamentary elections. I rise today to express my hope that Ukraine preserves and extends the tremendous accomplishments they have achieved in…

I rise today to discuss S. 1966, a bill that I introduced last month to reauthorize the U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003--known as the Leadership Act. Under the Leadership Act, the American people…

I am pleased to share the news of the birth of Charles McDonald ``Mac'' Lugar on September 5, 2007, at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC. Mac was a healthy 8 pounds 6 ounces at birth. His parents are David Riley Lugar, son of…

the prospects of the current surge strategy will succeed in the way originally envisioned by the president are very limited.

I would think a majority of our forces could redeploy by the midpoint of next year.

I rise today to offer observations on the continuing involvement of the United States in Iraq. In my judgment, our course in Iraq has lost contact with our vital national security interests in the Middle East and beyond. Our continuing…

Let's wake up to reality and get ready for that. Let's not get into a precipitous withdrawal come September, October.

If the president waits until the presidential election campaign is in full swing, the intensity of confrontation on Iraq is likely to limit the United States' options.

In my judgment, the costs and risks continuing down the current path outweigh the potential benefits that might be achieved. Persisting indefinitely with the surge strategy will delay policy adjustments that have a better chance of…

In my judgment, the costs and risks of continuing down the current path outweigh the potential benefits that might be achieved.

A course change should happen now. While there is still some possibility of constructing a sustainable, bipartisan strategy in Iraq.

It's time to just drop the idea of the United States making sure that there is a pluralistic, multiethnic democracy in Iraq.

A course change should happen now, while there is still some possibility of constructing a sustainable bipartisan strategy in Iraq. If the president waits until the presidential election campaign is in full swing, the intensity of…

Richard Lugar is calling for a major change of course in Iraq. He says the so-called surge is destined to fail.

on June 5, I had the privilege of attending a gala where my friends Lee Hamilton and John Warner received the George C. Marshall Foundation Award honoring statesmen of courage and integrity. At the event our former colleague, Senator Nancy…

on May 28, 2007, Russia requested an Extraordinary Conference of States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe--the CFE Treaty--to discuss what Russia identified as ``exceptional circumstances'' that may lead them to…

the thoughts and prayers of my wife Charlene and myself are with Susan today and their four children, as we think about Craig Thomas, our dear friend, our colleague, a man who has been such a wonderful presence in our lives in the Senate…