Lugar is Key Obama Ally on Foreign Policy
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 17th, 2009 5:34 am by HL
Lugar is Key Obama Ally on Foreign Policy
Bloomberg notes that after first joining the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama “would dutifully sit through” hours-long Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings while more senior members left, “an act of deference to the chairman,” Sen. Richard Lugar, (R-IN).
Said Lugar: “Frequently, Barack Obama and I were the only two people left at the table. On several occasions I made a point just for the record that I appreciated his diligence and patience.”
“At a time when bipartisanship has all but broken down in Washington, the young Democratic president and the 76-year-old Republican wise man are quietly working to restore the notion that politics must end at the water’s edge. The two have spoken on the phone four times since Election Day, a contrast to the limited communication that Lugar had with President George W. Bush over eight years.”
