Word: lugar
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...just presided over one of the more acrimonious Senate hearings in recent memory, but as he leaned back in a cushioned rocking chair, sipping a cup of coffee in his modestly decorated office, Richard Lugar seemed unperturbed, even placid. The Indiana Republican's composure belied the fact that he was caught smack between two formidable forces: the growing clamor in Congress for punitive sanctions against South Africa and the Administration's continued resistance to such measures. As both a loyal Reaganaut and an independent-minded chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Lugar found himself in the unenviable position...
...Lugar's limited plan for sanctions reflects his cool-headed pragmatism: he calls for rescinding the landing rights of South African Airways, closing visa offices in U.S. consulates throughout South Africa, and freezing bank assets of South Africans who have begun to transfer their savings to the U.S. in anticipation of a flight from a civil war in their country. The Senator theorizes that through such measures the U.S. could say to the troubled nation's white elite, "You're going to have to deal with your own problems in South Africa and get some talks started there...
Last week the House of Representatives passed overwhelmingly by voice vote a bill forcing the United States to completely disinvest from any business in South Africa. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold hearings on sanctions July 22, 23, and 24, Mark Helmke, a spokesman for Sen. Richard Lugar (D-Ind.) said yesterday...
...final Senate debate, Administration supporters repeated the familiar arguments: Saudi Arabia is a force for Middle East stability and moderation; it needs to defend itself against the threats of Iranian expansion and Islamic fundamentalism; it has had a security relationship with the U.S. for 40 years. Argued Richard Lugar, the Indiana Republican who heads the Foreign Relations Committee: "If the Senate were to cut the President off at the knees in today's vote, a very large loser would be Israel." His rationale was that over the long term, Israel benefits from a close U.S. relationship with some Arab states...
...money could be used. Although the margin was hardly the bipartisan mandate that Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole said he had hoped for, it was a concrete boost for Reagan in his attempt to gain approval from the House when the matter is reconsidered on April 15. Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called the action "a good, strong statement," adding that the vote would provide "a good basis for the House debate...