"America and the World: A View from the Senate."

Senator Richard G. Lugar is an unwavering advocate of United States leadership in the world, strong national security, free trade, economic growth, and education. This Rhodes Scholar is a fifth-generation Hoosier and the longest serving United States Senator in Indiana history. He is the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and a member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.

Senator Lugar also has been a leader in pushing for increased energy independence. The comprehensive energy bill that Congress passed in 2005 included many provisions initiated by Senator Lugar to increase the production of and investment into renewable fuels from corn and other biomass.

Senator Lugar is a leader in reducing the threat of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. In 1991, he forged a bipartisan partnership with then-Senate Armed Services chairman Sam Nunn (Democrat from Georgia), to destroy these weapons of mass destruction in the former Soviet Union. To date, the Nunn-Lugar program has deactivated over 6,700 nuclear warheads that were once aimed at the United States. For their efforts with this program, Senator Lugar and former Senator Nunn have been nominated every year since 2000 for the Nobel Peace Prize.

More recently, Senator Lugar has commenced a series of letters to his fellow members of Congress on Iraq. According to his web site, Senator Lugar urged Congress to “strive to elevate our debate by studying thoughtful sources of information and embracing civility in our discourse.” A full list of the letters is also available on his web site.

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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Indianapolis Civic Theatre in Marian Hall

Featured Speaker:

Senator Richard G. Lugar