Richard Lugar News

Statement issued by Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., in honor of Veterans Day: Today, Americans honor the service and sacrifice of those who have given of themselves in defense of our nation throughout history.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon makes brief remarks after meeting with Senate Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman , Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry and committee ranking member Sen.

Not too long ago, Ricardo Herrero was one of Miami's Cuban-American hard-liners, an ardent supporter of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba as well as the ban on U.S. travel to the communist island .

U. S. Sen. Dick Lugar and the Military/Veterans Coalition of Indiana encouraged Hoosier veterans to attend Indiana Military Veterans/Retiree Appreciation Day from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Department of Defense Finance Center.

State of the Union With John King. Topics: Fort Hood shootings; health care debate; economy; future of the GOP; anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Health-care reform may be generating headlines now, but another issue just as important to the long-term future of the country is taking center stage.

I write to you as a longtime Madison County resident, raising a family in the area I adore with the people I love.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that he intends to force a confirmation vote by Veterans Day on the nomination of U.S. District Judge David Hamilton to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, CQ Today reports .

The White House has characterized David Hamilton as a moderate judge whose judicial record would avoid a political confirmation war, but some Republicans say he's a liberal jurist with a political agenda.

U.S. faith leaders call for 11th hour rescue of Senate climate change bill Media contacts: Lesley Crosson/Church World Service, 870-2676, lcrosson@churchworldservice.org Jan Dragin -- 24/7 - 925-1526, jdragin@gis.net MEDIA ADVISORY U.S. faith leaders call for 11th hour rescue of Senate climate change bill WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 3, 2009 -- In a ...

By Juliet Eilperin German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Congress and the Obama administration to take bold steps to address global warming Tuesday, even as Senate Democrats and Republicans feuded over whether to press ahead with their chamber's version of a climate bill.

Customers and associates at the Greensburg Walmart store, along with other South Central Indiana stores, helped to contribute more than 5,569 pounds of food to area food banks during Indiana Senior Senator Richard G. Lugar's statewide "Hoosiers Fighting Hunger" food drive.

A new proposal by the interim government represents a triumph for the Honduran people and their constitution.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sits down with David Gregory on NBC's " Meet the Press ." The two discuss what the G.D.P. growth announced Thursday and the stimulus jobs report released Friday indicate for the future of the American economy.

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division watch the ninth inning of game two of the World Series on TV as they eat breakfast Friday in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province.

The Chesterton Art Center has begun raising funds for a new building, and a recent Art After Dark gala was the first step in the campaign.

Porter County Democratic Party supports public option health care reform The Porter County Democratic Precinct Organization has unanimously passed a resolution urging Northwest Indiana's Congressional delegation to 'vote for only such health care reform proposals as contain a robust public option.' The precinct organization did so at its October ...

To hearty applause, four Air Force generals in charge of the United States' nuclear weapons arsenal proclaimed to a ballroom of their peers last month that their newly reunified command would advocate for a strong and ready stable of nuclear weapons to protect America for decades to come.

The future of how electrical power will be managed is being developed in Hamilton County, making green power easier to use and more accessible.

The Providence Journal Citigroup's hiring of an architect of the savings-and-loan meltdown of the 1980s is so appalling that one hardly knows where to start.