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'''Richard Green "Dick" Lugar''' (born April 4, 1932) is the senior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Indiana]]. He is the most senior [[Republican]] in the United States Senate and would become President pro tempore if Republicans gained the majority during his tenure.

'''Richard Green "Dick" Lugar''' (born April 4, 1932) is the senior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[Indiana]]. He is the most senior [[Republican]] in the United States Senate and would become President pro tempore if Republicans gained the majority during his tenure.

==United States Senate==

==United States Senate==

Lugar unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for United States Senate in 1974, however went on to unseat [[Democrat]] incumbent Vance Hartke in 1976. He has since been reelected five times. Lugar is best known for his work involving national security. He served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1985-1987 and again from 2003-2007. He co-sponsored Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program which was 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).

Lugar unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for United States Senate in 1974, however went on to unseat [[Democrat]] incumbent Vance Hartke in 1976. He has since been reelected five times. Lugar is best known for his work involving [[national security]]. He served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1985-1987 and again from 2003-2007. 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).

In 2006 he was honored by Time Magazine as one of America’s 10 best Senators. <ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183958,00.html</ref> Richard Lugar has moderate to conservative positions. In the United States Senate he has voted with his Republican colleagues 76.5% of the time. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/l000504/</ref>

In 2006 he was honored by Time Magazine as one of America’s 10 best Senators. <ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183958,00.html</ref> Richard Lugar is known as a [[moderate Republican]]. He has voted with Democrats on issues such as [[gun control]], [[immigration]], and policy in [[Iraq]]. He was one of the first Senate Republicans to announce support for [[Supreme Court]] nominee [[Sonia Sotomayor]]. <ref>http://cbs4denver.com/politics/sonia.sotomayor.confirmation.2.1089993.html</ref> However, on government spending, [[health care]], [[free trade]] and the [[environment]], Lugar's positions are well within the mainstream of the Republican Party. In the United States Senate he has voted with his Republican colleagues 76.5% of the time. <ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/l000504/</ref>

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