Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana

US Republican Senator Richard Lugar encouraged US Administration and EU states to grant Georgia with necessary armaments, foreign media reported. Lugar is being quoted to strengthen Georgian air defense, ...  

DESMOND BUTLER writes in the Associated Press: A senior Republican senator is urging the Obama administration and European allies to consider rearming Georgia, an action that would inevitably upset Russia. The recommendation comes from Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a lawmaker who has long cultivated cooperation with Russia. Lugar has been a key ally for President Barack Obama on his pursuit of an arms control deal with Russia… Read More on the...  

Before an audience of parents, teachers and more than 500 Indiana high school students today, U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar offered his perspective on current events — from unemployment and health care reform to war and diplomacy — and he ...  

As a final vote on health care reform looms in the U.S. Senate, Indiana's senators appear to be split on the legislation. Senator Richard Lugar (R) has released a statement opposing the bill saying it fails to reduce costs, leaves tens of millions without health insurance and adds to the federal deficit. Evan Bayh (D) is indicating his support for the bill. He points to a Congressional Budget Office review that indicates it will reduce the...  

Bulgaria Foreign Affairs Minister Rumiana Jeleva has met with Richard Lugar, the Vice Chair of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, during her trip to Washington. Jeleva met Senator Lugar Tuesday and the meeting was said to have paid ...  

Washington — Senator Richard G. Lugar, the ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed his strong support for a “robust relationship” between the United States and Angola, noting that “our relations have come a very long way in the last seven years,” opening a new chapter in what he termed an important bilateral relationship.  

One of President Barack Obama's closest Republican allies in the Senate urged him to put health care reform on the backburner and focus on Afghanistan. Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), a trusted GOP voice on foreign policy matters, told CNN's "State of the Union" that in light of a forthcoming increase in troops to Afghanistan, Democrats should turn their attention to matters of war and money. "[W]e're not going to do that debating health care...  

The Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Indiana Manufacturers Association, Indiana Health Industry Forum and Indiana Hospital Association have sent a letter to Indiana's senator asking them to modify the current health care reform proposal. The petition calls for Sens. Richard Lugar and Evan Bayh to "organize care around patients rather than providers." The group also protests a $20 billion tax on medical devices, noting the effect it would have on...  

More than 500 Indiana high school juniors have joined Sen. Richard Lugar today on the University of Indianapolis campus for his 33rd annual Symposium for Tomorrow's Leaders. In his speech to the students this morning, Lugar stressed the importance each holds in making their world a better place and in staying or returning to Indiana after earning their degrees to help solve some of the problems here, such as the unemployment rate. Lugar...  

PENDLETON — Pendleton Community Public Library, in cooperation with WIPB-TV and Indiana Public Radio, will have Sen. Richard Lugar as the final distinguished guest of the Indiana Living Biography Series at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 in the library’s community room.  

Comet staff report Carroll Junior-Senior High School student Andrew Miller is the recipient of the 2009 Richard G. Lugar Distinguished Student Leadership Award. It is presented annually to an Indiana high school senior by the Lugar Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders at the University of Indianapolis. read more  

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue and U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar have teamed to create a program intended to promote the science of forestry and to offer college scholarships to qualified students attending the university to study certain forestry disciplines.  

“The Afghanistan war could be as much about dollars as sense for several U.S. lawmakers, including one top Republican who says national security is worth delaying health care reforms so Congress can pay for military operations. ‘The war is terribly important,’ Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said [...]  

For the first time in its 33-year history, Sen. Richard G. Lugar feared he might have to miss his Symposium for Tomorrow's Leaders on Saturday. With health care reform and other issues facing the Senate, he thought he might have to stay in Washington ...  

With all of the national debate of the US Senate's proposed Healthcare plan, another voice is added to the opposition. Indiana Governor, Mitch Daniels, has voiced his displeasure with part of the bill. Part of the bill increases the availability of Medicaid to those of lower income that need healthcare insurance. In letters to Indiana Senators Evan Bayh and Richard Lugar, Gov. Daniels has said, the new bill will increase Indiana's spending for...