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NEWS ABOUT: Richard Lugar

Richard Lugar stories: 13 news summaries

Senate Votes to Expand
Hate Crime Laws to Gays

Five Republicans join in 62-38 vote

Jul 17, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate has voted to extend hate crime protections to include those attacked because of their gender or sexual orientation, mirroring a similar measure already passed in the House, the Hill reports. Five Republicans, including Olympia Snowe and Dick Lugar, joined all the Democrats present in supporting the bill. Other... More »

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Congress • gay rights • Senate • hate crime • Richard Lugar • Olympia Snowe • gay • Jim DeMint

UPDATED


 Sotomayor Wins 
 Republicans' Backing 

She's shown 'judicial temperament': statement

Jul 17, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Lugar said today he’ll back Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court bid, making him the first GOP senator to do so, the Washington Post reports. Mel Martinez of Florida, the chamber's sole Republican Latino, quickly followed suit. “Judge Sotomayor has demonstrated a judicial temperament during her week-long nomination... More »

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Florida • GOP • Indiana • Richard Lugar • Senate Republicans • justice • Mel Martinez • nominee • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

OPINION

 6 Conservatives 
 Worth Obama's Time 


Jun 10, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are a few in the conservative camp who the Obama administration respects. “By respect, I mean, quite simply, the degree to which the White House responds to their worries and needs and believes that the time spent responding is useful and necessary,” Marc Ambinder writes in the... More »

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John McCain • White House • Richard Lugar • Olympia Snowe • Republican Party • Susan Collins • David Brooks • Obama administration • President Obama • Jack Goldsmith

Lugar to Obama: Reach Out and Touch Cuba

Senator slams embargo, calls for policy shift, new envoy

Apr 2, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - As members of Congress move to rethink US-Cuban relations, Sen. Richard Lugar is urging President Obama to take firm action, including initiating direct talks, the Washington Post reports. The Indiana Republican says the US embargo on the country “undermines our broader security and political interests in the Western Hemisphere,... More »

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diplomacy • Cuba • Richard Lugar • Cuban embargo • Organization of American States • President Obama • letter • special envoy

OPINION

Don't Give Up on Bipartisanship, Barack

President needs GOP for his ambitious agenda, says Broder

Feb 19, 09 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama came into the White House pledging bipartisanship, but one month in, pundits are telling the president to forget compromise and "get real." Don't listen, writes David S. Broder in the Washington Post, who calls those recommendations "the worst advice he has received." Not only... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Richard Lugar • Senate Republicans • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Bob Bennett

OPINION

'A-Student' Hillary Aces Her Senate Hearing

Forget Geithner, it's Clinton who's queen of the 'hot nerds': Dowd

Jan 14, 09 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton breezed through her Senate confirmation hearing yesterday, writes Maureen Dowd, "performing as the A-student she always is" on topics from nuclear proliferation to governance in the Arctic. While Tim Geithner got caught up in controversy over back taxes, Hillary charmed the windy John Kerry and buttered the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • diplomacy • John Kerry • secretary of State • Richard Lugar • Senate confirmation hearings • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

Clinton Promises 'Smart Power' in Cozy Hearing

Back-patting abounds

Jan 13, 09 10:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton promised a new “smart power” era of US foreign policy today, advocating a mix of diplomacy and defense, in a decidedly friendly confirmation hearing today, the AP reports. “America cannot solve the most pressing problems on our own, and the world cannot solve them without America,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • Richard Lugar • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • Obama administration

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Ga.'s Chambliss on Runoff: 'We'll Win Again'

Fellow GOP senators praise Obama picks, pledge bipartisanship

Nov 30, 08 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite failing to muster 50% of the vote Nov. 4, Sen. Saxby Chambliss said he would prevail in Tuesday’s runoff against Democrat Jim Martin. “We’ll win again,” the Georgia Republican declared on Fox News Sunday. But Chambliss declined to say he would benefit from the lower... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • United Auto Workers • Robert Gates • Laura Bush • Arlen Specter • Richard Lugar • bipartisanship • Saxby Chambliss

ANALYSIS


 GOP Picks for 
 Obama's 'Team of Rivals' 

Who are the best bipartisan choices for Obama?

Nov 18, 08 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama talks a good game about bipartisanship. But now that he’s staffing up, it’s time to see if he walks the walk. The Wall Street Journal runs through some potential GOP appointees:
  • Jim Leach. This former Iowa congressman was chosen to help represent the president-elect at
... More »

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Barack Obama • Chuck Hagel • Michael Bloomberg • Richard Lugar • bipartisanship

Jockeying for State Dept. Job Under Way

HIspanic groups push Richardson, but Kerry may have inside track

Nov 12, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - As Barack Obama deliberates his Cabinet choices, the chorus of "Pick me! Pick me!" begins in earnest, with many eyes on Condoleezza Rice's chair, reports the Wall Street Journal. Hispanic groups are pushing for their own Bill Richardson, a former presidential rival who ultimately endorsed Obama. But... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Richardson • John Kerry • State Department • secretary of State • Richard Lugar • Richard Holbrooke • President Obama

Brzezinski Down on Idea of Afghan 'Surge'

Security expert:
McCain camp on path
to world war

Jul 25, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The presidential candidates seem to agree that Afghanistan needs a troop surge, but Zbigniew Brzezinski doesn’t. Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, now a Barack Obama backer, says he's concerned that the US is “literally running the risk of unintentionally doing what the Russians did,” and being... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Chuck Hagel • civilian casualties • Joe Lieberman • Richard Lugar • surge • Zbigniew Brzezinski

GOP Senate Bigwigs Push
for Iraq Shift

Lugar, Warner seek redeployment, want specifics by October

Jul 14, 07 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two of the GOP's most respected foreign policy experts want troop realignment in Iraq, and they proposed Senate legislation yesterday that calls for the White House to have a plan in place by mid-October. The move by Richard Lugar and John Warner was the latest sign of disintegrating Republican support... More »

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troop surge • Senate • Iraq pullout • Iraq appropriations • John Warner • Richard Lugar • Senate Republicans • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • George W. Bush

Top Republican Calls for New Iraq Plan

Lugar urges Bush to pursue economic and diplomatic strategy

Jun 26, 07 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - An influential Republican senator abandoned his support for President Bush's Iraq war strategy last night with a call to cut back the US military's role in the region and focus more on diplomatic and economic options. Richard Lugar, the senior minority member of the Foreign Relations Committee, has a reputation... More »

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Iraq • Republican • Senate • Richard Lugar • US troops • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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