Richard G. Lugar - United States Senator for Indiana

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U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senator Dick Lugar, Chairman

Senator Lugar meets with volunteer election workers in the Philippines. Voting irregularities found by these volunteers and others convinced Lugar that Marcos was attempting to steal the election.In January 2003, Senator Dick Lugar reclaimed the Chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

During his initial chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Senator Lugar meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell before Secretary Powell testifies in front of the Foreign Relations Committee.Relations Committee from 1985 to 1986, Senator Lugar was instrumental in promoting democracy around the world. He played a pivotal role in the 1986 Philippines election that brought Corazon Aquino to power. He also led the Senate effort to secure passage of the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, which imposed economic and political sanctions on South Africa.


Foreign Relations Committee Links

Chairman Lugar's Committee Statements

The Nunn-Lugar Program

Secretary Rice Responds to Chairman Lugar's Questions Regarding the India Nuclear Program

Chairman Lugar's Questions to Secretaries Burns and Joseph Regarding the India Nuclear Program

Secretaries Burns and Joseph Respond to Chairman Lugar's Questions Regarding the India Nuclear Program

U.S. Leadership in the World and the Law of the Sea

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Oil for Food Program Synopsis