Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana

Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana has called for a drawdown of US troops in Iraq, despite being a Republican senator. Senator Lugar's current term expires in 2007.

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CUBA LUGAR UNITED | KEY GOP SENATOR CALLS CUBA EMBARGO INEFFECTIVE

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Key GOP senator calls Cuba keep out ineffective Sen. Richard Lugar, a ranking Republican upon a Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expelled a breeze inform Monday observant it is time to recur longtime U.S. mercantile sanctions upon Cuba. "After 47 years … a uneven keep out upon Cuba has unsuccessful to grasp a settled role of ‘bringing democracy to a Cuban people,’ " Lugar, R-Indiana, wrote in a minute which accompanied a report. "The stream U.S. process has most ardent defenders, as well as their critique of a Castro system of administration is justified. Nevertheless, you contingency commend a ineffectiveness of a stream process as ... Read Full Story

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CUBA LUGAR UNITED | KEY GOP SENATOR CALLS CUBA EMBARGO INEFFECTIVE

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Nunn-Lugar Program Eliminates Nine More Nuclear-Capable Missiles

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The U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction program eliminated eight submarine-launched ballistic missiles and one land-based ICBM last month, U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) announced yesterday (see GSN , June 26). The SS-N-23 missiles were used to arm Soviet Delta IV-class submarines during the Cold War. Each weapon was designed to carry as many as 10 independently targeted warheads, but the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty prohibits the deployment of more than four warheads on one of the missiles. Read more Read Full Story

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Philadelphia Inquirer backs Senator Lugar's call for troop withdrawal

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A major newspaper has now backed Sen Lugar's call for troop withdrawal's in Iraq. The Inquirer posted an editorial this weekend. An excerpt from the Inquirer editorial follows. * Sometimes it takes an elder statesman to put a crisis in perspective. U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R., Ind.) has taken a step back from the intractable partisan debate over Iraq, putting the stakes into perspective. His speech in the Senate last week provided fresh context and clear reasons why the Bush administration and the gridlocked Congress must find another way out of the crisis. This senior member of the president's party, one of its wisest ... Read Full Story

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Senator Richard Lugar calls for Iraq drawdown, makes friends with Harry Reid

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid responded favorably to the very controversial Iraq speech that Republican Senator Richard Lugar gave last night. Lugar broke from the Republican party-line by saying that the current " military surge " isn't in the U.S.'s national interest and he called for a drawdown of U.S. military forces in Iraq. Here's an excerpt of Reid 's response:: "...I would recommend and suggest to all senators, Democrats and Republicans alike that they read the brilliant speech given by Dick Lugar last night. It was very good. It was I'm sure prepared by him, every word. I understand Mr. President (Reid ... Read Full Story

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by Grist Richard Lugar“I don’t see any climate bill on the table right now that I can support,” Sen. Richard Lugar said on Nov. 10, dashing any hopes that he might get behind some version of the Kerry-Boxer legislation that’s moving through the Senate. “We really have to start from scratch again,” he continued. Lugar has been leaning this way for some time. The first week of November, he joined with other Republicans in demanding a more in...

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