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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).
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As a [[liberal]] [[Republican]], Lugar was honored by the [[lamestream media]] (Time magazine) in 2006 by callinghim one of America’s 10 best Senators.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183958,00.html</ref> In fact, Richard Lugar votes with the liberals on [[gun control]], [[immigration]], [[Supreme Court]] nominations and other issues.<ref>http://cbs4denver.com/politics/sonia.sotomayor.confirmation.2.1089993.html</ref> In the United States Senate Lugar has voted with Republican colleagues only 76.5% of the time,<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/l000504/</ref> and votes against [[conservatives]] on many of the most important issues.
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As a [[liberal]] [[Republican]], Lugar was honored by the [[lamestream media]] (Time magazine) in 2006 by callinghim one of America’s 10 best Senators.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183958,00.html</ref> In fact, Richard Lugar votes with the liberals on [[gun control]], [[immigration]], [[Supreme Court]] nominations and other issues.<ref>http://cbs4denver.com/politics/sonia.sotomayor.confirmation.2.1089993.html</ref> In the United States Senate Lugar has voted with Republican colleagues only 76.5% of the time,<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/l000504/</ref> and votes against [[conservatives]] on many of the most important issues.
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Lugar unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for United States Senate in 1974, but 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.
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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).
    
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