Honorable Richard Lugar
U.S. Senator, Indiana, Republican
Senator Lugar was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1976. He is the ranking Republican member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The following is excerpted from Senator Lugar’s September 16, 2010, statement during a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I strongly support the New START Treaty and believe that it deserves the bipartisan support received by past arms control treaties. It will make verifiable reductions in strategic nuclear launchers and warheads, and replace the 1991 START I Treaty that expired last year. Most importantly, New START will enable American verification teams to return to Russia…
