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'''Richard Green "Dick" Lugar''' (born April 4, 1932) is a former [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Indiana]]. Before retiring he was the most senior [[Republican]] in the United States Senate. A big government, foreign interventionalist [[neocon]], Lugar was one of the two most [[liberal]] [[Republican]] senators, and he lost in a landslide defeat in his own primary in 2012 to a [[conservative]] challenger, [[Richard Mourdock]].

'''Richard Green "Dick" Lugar''' (born April 4, 1932) is a former [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Indiana]]. Before retiring he was the most senior [[Republican]] in the United States Senate. A big government, foreign interventionalist [[neocon]], Lugar was one of the two most [[liberal]] [[Republican]] senators, and he lost in a landslide defeat in his own primary in 2012 to a [[conservative]] challenger, [[Richard Mourdock]].

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Lugar graduated from [[Oxford University]] with an honors degree in politics, philosophy and economics. He volunteered for the U.S. [[Navy]] in 1956 and served as an officer from 1957 until 1960. Lugar's first elected office was when he served on the [[Indianapolis]] School Board from 1964-1967, where he advocated voluntary public school desegregation. Lugar was elected Mayor of Indianapolis in 1967 and in 1971 was elected to a term as President of the National League of Cities. During his two terms as Mayor he was dubbed [[Richard Nixon]]'s "favorite mayor" for his calls for fewer government programs and similar conservative positions. Lugar's name was mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate for Richard Nixon, [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H.W. Bush]]. <ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n14_v11/ai_16746190/</ref>

Lugar graduated from [[Oxford University]] with an honors degree in politics, philosophy and economics. He volunteered for the U.S. [[Navy]] in 1956 and served as an officer from 1957 until 1960. Lugar's first elected office was when he served on the [[Indianapolis]] School Board from 1964-1967, where he advocated voluntary public school desegregation. Lugar was elected Mayor of Indianapolis in 1967 and in 1971 was elected to a term as President of the National League of Cities. During his two terms as Mayor he was dubbed [[Richard Nixon]]'s "favorite mayor" for his calls for fewer government programs and similar conservative positions. Lugar's name was mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate for Richard Nixon, [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H.W. Bush]].<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n14_v11/ai_16746190/</ref>

==United States Senate==

==United States Senate==

He co-sponsored the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program act which was an ambitious program to safeguard and dismantle weapons of mass destruction in the former [[Soviet Union]], it has destroyed more than 7,500 nuclear warheads, and funded the removal of all nuclear weapons from [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]] and [[Kazakhstan]]. He has also been a strong proponent of expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

He co-sponsored the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program act which was an ambitious program to safeguard and dismantle weapons of mass destruction in the former [[Soviet Union]], it has destroyed more than 7,500 nuclear warheads, and funded the removal of all nuclear weapons from [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]] and [[Kazakhstan]]. He has also been a strong proponent of expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://lugar.senate.gov/ Official Website]

*[http://lugar.senate.gov/ Official Website]

*[http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Richard_Lugar.htm Lugar on the Issues]

*[http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Richard_Lugar.htm Lugar on the Issues]

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[[Category:Former United States Senators]]

[[Category:Former United States Senators]]