Number & Notables...

• 66 Hoosiers toured the U.S. Capitol Building with members of Senator Lugar’s staff in January 2008.

• Addressed the Indiana Renewable Energy Forum held at IUPUI’s campus as oil reached $100 per barrel milestone.

• Invited NAACP Branch #3049 and the Fort Wayne African/African-American Museum to decorate the windows of the Lugar Northeast Indiana Community Service Center in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month.

• Spoke at a Kiwanis Club Lunch in Indianapolis on Friday, January 4.

• Met with Tatu Yusuph Msangi, a registered nurse at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Moshi, Tanzania. In 2004, and her daughter, Faith Philemon Mang'ehe.  Tatu and Faith were guests of President and Mrs. Bush at the State of the Union Address.

• Introduced legislation to repeal Jackson-Vanik restrictions on trade with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan and to establish permanent normal trade relations with both countries.

• Commented on President Bush’s State of the Union Address.

• Addressed the Defense in Depth Against WMD Threats: Preparedness at Home and Abroad Conference on January 30 and said arms control has suffered setbacks.

• Partnered with Community Harvest Food Bank, the Fort Wayne Komets and Headwaters Park to "Skate Against Hunger" and collect canned goods for Community Harvest Food Bank on Sunday, January 27.

• Introduced a resolution with Senator Biden urging the U.S. and members of the international community to provide the resources the African Union and United Nations need to carry out their joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

• Called for NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Georgia and Ukraine. 

• Hosted Medicare Part-D seminars with AARP in the Lugar Northeast Indiana Community Service Center.

• Announced jobs grants for energy industry.

Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program December 2007 Update:

• 48 strategic nuclear warheads deactivated;
• 8 Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) destroyed;
• 4 nuclear weapons storage sites received security upgrades; and
• 4 Submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) eliminated.