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U.S. Has Ongoing Korean War POW/MIA Obligations

On September 30, 2011, Senator Lugar made a statement on the release of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report regarding identification of American Service Members from the Korean War. Read the report.

Lugar Calls on Obama Administration to Increase Efforts to Prevent Fraud in Global Health Programs

On April 6, 2011, Senator Lugar released a report entitled, “Fraud and Abuse of Global Fund Investments at Risk Without Greater Transparency,” and called for U.S. action to protect against fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars invested in global health programs.

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Senator Dick Lugar, Ranking Republican

Senator Lugar meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell before Secretary Powell testifies in front of the Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Dick Lugar is the Ranking Republican Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

From January 2003 to December 2006, Senator Lugar was the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Under his leadership, the Committee held more hearings than any other committee in the Senate, including more than 30 oversight hearings on Iraq. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed legislation including the Global AIDS Assistance Program, Darfur Peace and Accountability Act, India Nuclear Cooperation Act, and the creation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Senator Lugar 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. also has focused on foreign energy dependence as a national security issue. He has helped define the public debate on this issue with major speeches before the UN Security Council, the Brookings Institution, Purdue University, a NATO Conference in Riga, Latvia, and a joint appearance with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

During his initial Chairmanship of the Senate Foreign 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.