Word: lugar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...choosing North Carolina's fire-breathing conservative Jesse Helms as ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee last week, G.O.P. Senators seemed to agree. At 65, Helms is hardly in his dotage. But were it not for his seniority, his colleagues almost certainly would have chosen Indiana's Richard Lugar, 54, a moderate in foreign affairs. Lugar ably chaired the committee when Republicans controlled the Senate (Helms then headed the Agriculture Committee). But this session Helms sought to reclaim the ranking spot on Foreign Relations, from which he could wage a crusade against any signs of State Department moderation...
Republican committee members voted 7 to 0 for Lugar, who assumed the full caucus would simply "affirm" that decision. But Helms remained uncharacteristically serene. "We don't want to do away with the seniority system, do we?" he slyly asked colleagues. The not-so-subtle message got through, particularly to such out-of-step Republicans as Connecticut's Lowell Weicker, a liberal whose only chance to become a chairman lies with seniority. By a 24-to-17 vote, Republicans opted for Helms -- and the system...
...openly challenging her authority was widely seen as a symptom of her habit of praying and delaying. Yet her admirers point to the Enrile firing as an example of an inspired sense of timing. "She's an extraordinarily good judge of people and performance," says Republican Senator Richard Lugar, who led the U.S. team of observers at the February elections and returned to Manila in August. "She has instinctive feelings of loyalty and of who is pulling with...
...calls for a housecleaning at the White House are coming from Republicans. Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana and House GOP leader Bob Michel of Illinois have taken the lead in urging Reagan to replace White House chief of staff Donald T. Regan...
...permitted delay "might be 18 hours, but not 18 months." Anyway, the Democrats claim, Section 501 demands that prior notice be given at least to the eight senior leaders no matter what. Says Congressman Wright: "The law is not ambiguous." Even some Republicans agreed. Said Indiana's Richard Lugar, outgoing chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "I suspect the President does not understand...