i finished school and fell in with the boy-mayor of indianapolis, dick lugar, our distinguished senator. he was an idealistic and very active young mayor at a time when cities were at the forefront of american consciousness. he was making great transformations in my home town. i went to work for him a couple of summers, and he talked me into sticking around for a little while, namely 13 years. >> you just turned 60. how old were you when you started working for him? >> 20. >> and then what? after you worked for him as mayor, what was next? >> he got elected to the senate. he asked me to come along, and i did. i spent the next eight years organizing his affairs here. >> working for him in the senate? >> that is right. >> what did you learn about this business what you were in the senate? >> how patient and how difficult one has to be in the legislative process. although i am incredibly grateful that great people like dick lugar, lamar alexander, serve in the congress, it will probably never be for me. the difficulty of making a major difference requires great skill and great patience, bu

stronger bipartisan voice for foreign policy more for the constitution in the senate than senator dick lugar of indiana. i hope my colleagues will follow his example. thank you. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i rise to speak once again on the nomination of harold koh, who the president has nominated to be legal advisor for the state department. just to put this in context, as the senator from massachusetts has addressed, the legal advisor is a very important job at the state department. he is responsible for providing guidance on important legal questions, including treaty interpretation and other international obligations of the united states. he gives the secretary of state legal advice during negotiations with other nations. and so it is the legal advisor can be a very influential voice in diplomatic circles, especially if he or she has particularly strong views on america's obligations to other nations in multilateral organizations. based on my review of dean koh's record, i don't believe he's the right man for this job