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Global Harvest Initiative Seeks Not to Feed People, But to Bolster Big Agriculture's Profits

Paula Crossfield | Posted 09.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Dupont, Hunger, Monsanto, Global Harvest Initiative, Dan Glickman, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Richard Lugar, Adm, Norman Borlaug, Green News
Paula Crossfield

Hunger looks on the surface to be the most bipartisan policy issue on our collective plates. We can all agree to the fact that hunger today is a global tragedy. But from there the discussion diverges.

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Poisonous Atmosphere Keeping Obama From Appointing Judges

The New Yorker | Jeffrey Toobin | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Michelle Obama, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, George W. Bush, President Obama, Post-Partisanship, Lee Hamilton, John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, John Paul Stevens, John Podesta, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Partisanship, Gregory Craig, Richard Lugar, David Hamilton, President Clinton, Politics News

The Obama Administration wanted to send a message with the President's first nomination to a federal court. "There was a real conscious decision to us...

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Cloture Passes On Cass Sunstein, 63-35

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Blanche Lincoln, Cloture, Robert Bennett, Olympia Snowe, Orrin Hatch, Filibuster, Judd Gregg, Glen Beck, Cass Sunstein, Barack Obama, James Webb, Richard Lugar, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Politics News

On a 63-35 vote, the Senate has broken the filibuster against Cass Sunstein, President Obama's nominee for Administrator of the White House Office of ...

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Like Cash for Clunkers? You'll Love Feebates!

David Roberts | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Jeff Bingaman, Feebates, Fuel Efficiency, John Kerry, Richard Lugar, Olympia Snowe, Green Energy, Green News
David Roberts

If we've learned anything from Cash for Clunkers, it's that direct, tangible incentives drive behavior--much more and faster than what economic projections indicate. We've used those incentives for economic stimulus. Now we should put them to work increasing the fuel efficiency of the whole American fleet.

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Energy Smart Legislation Off to a Bipartisan Start

A. Siegel | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Jeff Merkley, Energy Efficiency, Investment, Richard Lugar, Energy Efficient, Energy Efficient Homes, Climate Change, Green News
A. Siegel

Those who can afford the upfront costs can afford to be energy inefficient. Those who can't afford the costs of energy inefficiency can't afford the upfront costs.

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Vitter Defends South, Values Against "Wishy Washy" Voinovich

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Serious Sin Vitter, Ohio, Conservative Values, Republican Party, Stormy Daniels, Louisiana, Richard Lugar, Conservatives, Voinovivh, Gun Rights, David Vitter, Vitter, Jim Demint, Republicans, Politics News

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) on Wednesday fired back at a fellow Republican senator who declared southern conservatives the party's biggest problem. Sen...

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Sam Stein

Lugar Becomes First Republican To Announce Vote For Sotomayor

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lugar, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor Confirmation, Richard Lugar, Sonia Sotomayor, Richard Lugar Supreme Court, Lugar Sotomayor, Politics News

Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court seemed relatively pre-ordained following four days of somewhat news-less testimony before the ...

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Clinton Consulted With Republicans, Neocons On Big Foreign Policy Speech

The Plum Line | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Defense, Henry Kissinger, Liberals, Clinton, Joseph Nye, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Brent Scowcroft, Neoconservatism, Zbigniew Brzezinski, George Schultz, Center for American Progress, Foreign Policy, Jim Jones, Paul Farmer, State Department, John Podesta, Francis Fukuyama, Neocons, Strobe Talbott, Robert Gates, Foreign Policy Advisers, Hillary Clinton, Richard Lugar, Politics News

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has consulted with a surprisingly diverse ideological bunch in the course of creating the major foreign policy spee...

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Obama Nominee Moves Forward After GOP Hold Forces Dems To Take Anti-Filibuster Measure

The Washington Independant | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yale Law School, Cloture, Obama Nominee, John Bolto, Dean Koh, George Bush, Obama, Harold Koh, Harold Koh Nominee for State Department Legal Advisor, Harry Reid, Richard Lugar, State Department, John Bellinger, Glenn Beck, Jim Demint, Politics News

On Monday, nearly four months after President Obama nominated Harold Koh to become legal adviser to the State Department, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) fil...

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Richard Lugar: US Should Sit Down With Iranian Government Regardless Of Post-Election Turmoil (VIDEO)

Posted 07.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Richard Lugar, Iran, Us Meeting With Iran, Rich Lugar Us Iran Meeting, Ahmadinejad, Richard Lugar Video, Politics News

***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** WASHINGTON (AP) - A top Republican senator says the United States should still sit down with Iran, despite postelection t...

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Bashing Obama On Iran's Election: Watch Out For Agent Provocateurs On The Neo-Con Right

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Iran, John McCain, Charles Krauthammer, Fred Barnes, Fox News, Neocons, Barack Obama, Richard Lugar, World News
Thomas de Zengotita

The possibility that leaders could emerge in Iran who would be less easy to portray as lunatics has the Neocons worried.

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Iran Uprising Changes Nuclear Calculus

Joe Cirincione | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Nationalism, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Negotiations, Regime-Change, Twitter, Joseph Cirincione, Nuclear Weapons, The Uprising, Economy, President Obama, Leslie Gelb, Right Wing, Iran, Richard Lugar, Iran Election, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Joe Cirincione

Mousavi was always more open to dialogue with the West. If president, his discourse could now include the nuclear program with much less fear of attack.

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Senator Richard Lugar Gives Obama An 'A' For Foreign Policy

The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind. | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Richard Lugar, Lugar Obama, Obama Gets 'A\', Richard Lugar Obama, Dick Lugar Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News

WASHINGTON - President Obama merits an "A" so far in his approach to American foreign policy, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., said Monday. But he cautione...

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Five Current Republican Senators Voted For Sotomayor in '98

Politico | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Orin Hatch, Gop, Susan Collins, Senate, Arlen Specter, Robert Bennett, President-Obama-Supreme-Court, Olympia Snowe, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Judd Gregg, Thad Cochran, Richard Lugar, Politics News

A bit of relevant history: Five Seven current Senate Republicans -- plus Arlen Specter -- voted for Sonia Sotomayor during her highly contested federa...

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Calling For US Leadership To Fight Global Health Crises

Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Barack Obama, g20, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Global Health, John Kerry, Richard Lugar, Foreign Aid, Pepfar, U.S. Senate, Africa, Advocacy, G-20 Summit, G-20, World News
Jirair Ratevosian

The global economic crisis makes foreign assistance an even greater priority when you consider the impact it has on the health of the poor and most marginalized.

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Why Does Senator Conrad Want to Humiliate President Obama at the G-20 Summit?

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, G20 Summit, Richard Lugar, g20, John Kerry, Kent Conrad, Foreign Policy, President Obama, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News
Robert Naiman

Cutting the president's international aid request this week will undercut President Obama at the very moment he will be trying to argue for a coordinated international response.

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Cuba Travel Ban Faces Growing Opposition

Washington Post | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Cuba Policy, Foreign Affairs, Chris Dodd, US-Cuba Policy, Hillary Clinton and Cuba Policy, Cuba Embargo, Fidel Castro, Human Rights Watch, Cuba Travel Ban, Raul Castro, Cuba Policy, Byron Dorgan, Cuba, Advocacy, Richard Lugar, World News

Roughly a year after Fidel Castro stepped aside and handed much of the responsibility for leading Cuba to his brother Raúl, there is new momentum i...

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Pakistan Likely To See Giant Increase In US Aid

The National Newspaper | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Aid, John Kerry, US Aid, Richard Lugar, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Non-Military Aid Pakistan, Pakistan Us Aid, Pakistan, Us Congress Pakistan, John Kerry Pakistan, World News

WASHINGTON // Pakistan can expect a massive increase in US aid as part of the Obama administration's overall strategy for turning around the war in ne...

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David Hamilton, Obama's First Appeals Court Pick, Said To Be A Moderate

New York Times | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Evan Bayh, Lee Hamilton and Obama Endorsement, Obama Appeals Court, Obama Court Nominees, Lee Hamilton, Justice Department, Justice Hamilton, Federal Appeals Court, Obama Courts, David F. Hamilton, Department of Justice, David Hamilton, Richard Lugar, Politics News

President Obama is expected to name his first candidate to an appeals court seat this week, officials said, choosing David F. Hamilton, a highly regar...

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Can We "Reset" Relations with Colombia?

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

Read More: El Salvador, Raul Grijalva, Sherrod Brown, Colombia, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Obama Administration, Congress, Human Rights First, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Plan Colombia, Richard Lugar, World News
Robert Naiman

Our failed Colombia policy deserves special attention: it's literally a matter of life and death.

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Dick Lugar Turns Down Obama Air Force One Invite

Politico | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Air Force One, Dick Lugar, Richard Lugar, Lugar Air Force One, Lugar Obama, Obama Indiana, President Obama, Lugar Obama Air Force One, Obama Indiana Trip, Politics News

My colleague Carol Lee reports that Indiana Republican Senator Dick Lugar won't accompany President Obama to his home state tomorrow, despite an invit...

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Nice Not to Hear Norm Coleman at Hillary Clinton Hearing

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Policy Magazine, John McCain, Pugnacious Nationalism, Frank Gaffney, John Bolton, Norm Coleman, US Foreign Policy, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, David Addington, State Department, Richard Cheney, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Law of the Sea Treaty, Richard Lugar, Clinton Foggy Bottom, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, State Department Confirmation Hearings, Clinton Confirmation Hearings, Clinton State Department, Politics News
Steve Clemons

My first reaction listening to the just one-notch-short-of-a-love-fest hearing was that Norm Coleman's absence has made a huge difference.

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Sam Stein

Obama's Foreign Policy Team Earns High Praise, But Concern About Clintons

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clintons, Matthew Dowd, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Clintons, Obama Foreign Policy Team, Obama Nationals Ecurity, Obama Foreign Policy, Cabinet Selections, Jack Reed, Clinton Confirmation, Richard Lugar, Barack Obama, Jim Jones, Lindsey Graham, Robert Gates Obama, Bill Clinton, George Will, Robert Gates, Video, Obama's Cabinet, Obama's Foreign Policy Team, Politics News

With President-elect Barack Obama set to announce his foreign policy team on Monday, the names expected to fill out the squad were widely praised on t...

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Colin Powell for Middle East Envoy -- Dennis Ross for US Ambassador to Israel?

Steve Clemons | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dennis Ross, James Woolsey, Thomas Donilon, Colin Powell, Bob Gates, Palestine, Chuck Hagel, Hamas, Middle East Peace Process, Robert Satloff, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Iran, Richard Armitage, Susan Rice, James Steinberg, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gregory Craig, Richard Lugar, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Colin Powell could be the person asked to do the broad negotiating and arm twisting to achieve the Obama administration's foreign policy objectives with Iran and in Arab-Israel peace negotiations.

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How Far Will Obama Take 'Team of Rivals' Approach? ... Hillary? McCain? Romney? Lieberman?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Team of Rivals, Bill Clinton, Tom Coburn, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Team of Rivals, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama Team of Rivals, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Joe Biden, Chuck Hagel, Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, Richard Lugar, Obama Cabinet, Clinton Secretary of State, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Sen. Clinton is obviously qualified and I think America would love to see a new government that wasn't simply made-up of cronies but of people with differing viewpoints who come together for the good of the country.

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