the senate foreign relations top republican richard lugar spoke at a conference that the agency host third-degree week. industry administrator introduced lugar. >> with a deep and meaningful par nership that georgetown has displayed in port nering to produce frontiers in development it really has been a team effort with the georgetown staff, the georgetown team, but thought leaders and the incredibly experienced diplomats and development experts that are part of the georgetown family. so thank you very much. i also want to take a moment to recognize that this really is an example of a wonderful public-private partnership with partners like the bill and linda gates foundation, the rockefeller foundation, the hulett foundation and the mcarthur foundation all coming doeg to recognize that development is changing and we have a unique opportunity at this point in time to craft a new approach if we come together we listen carefully and we're more creative in our efforts going forward. we didn't try this morning and set out to produce an opening panel with five female heads of state. that t

richard lugar, to me, was my kind of guy. that must sound a little weird. richard lugar was nixon's favorite mayor, do you remember? >> [inaudible] >> yeah. he was mayor of indianapolis. he was defeated in a primary, in a primary contest the other day by the candidate of the tea party. and so it seems as in france where the electorate last sunday, you know, went either, went to the hard right and the hard left, we seem to be doing that. i was struck by the fact that the french, by law, their presidential elections can only last one month. it's not a perfect system. you still end up with a french president. [laughter] but i wondered if we might take a pause from the friend -- take a page from the french playbook. it's distressing, charlie. you know, the sensible center is, is an increasingly vacant space. there are many factors. i think the 24/7 news cycle has not helped. i mean, in the -- when i was growing up, the evening, you know, the evening news -- i remember the debate, there was a fierce debate in the '60s when they decided to extend the walter cronk

senator richard lugar. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. well, it is certainly a great pleasure and a great honor to join you here today in the frontiers and development conference. i appreciate especially being on this magnificent campus this morning with those for whom i have such a very, very high regard. i want to thank especially ron sha for his kind invitation and introduction. we must recognize economic challenges that cast a shadow over development opportunities. let me get my glasses then i can -- these economic challenges cast a shadow over development opportunities investments and practices about which you would liberate. the united states continues to struggle with anemic growth, unemployment rate of more than 8%, our national debt today is approaching $16 trillion. efforts to contain and reverse our budget spiral are complicated. by financial pressures from an ageing population, lengthening military engagements, and sometimes partisan politics. many other countries including some who have been important partners in global devel

these tactics have been successfully defined by richard murdock who beat richard lugar in the senate. i said by partisanship should -- i said bipartisan should consist of democrats coming to the republican side is what he said. public opinion surveys show that the two parties in congress -- let me put up a couple of charts that show what has happened over time in congress -- the voting records for the house and senate. you will see clearly the republicans in congress are the most conservative that they have been in our lifetimes and, indeed, perhaps more conservative than in a century. the democratic party, especially as a loss to southern democrats, moved some went to the left but nowhere near as much. let me quote the most prominent and respected conservative intellectual -- calvin coolidge, a conservative favorite. or even ronald reagan who favored large-scale government research be on the missile defense. that recognizes "that came from steve hayward. the party in congress voted to kill the census bureau's survey and economic census which has been used by businesses for a variety

richard lugar would still have a seat if you still have the central party finance reforms. they have diminished the power of central party organizations and increase the power of independent organizations and insurgent groups such that a political party establishment is not very well established and cannot come to the rescue of their long serving members. >> we have time for maybe one or two more questions before closing statements. steve, this is a question that was asked about the depth ceilingvote. was the debt ceiling debate and example of extremism or do you think it was appropriate tool to constrain government? >> a fight over the debt ceiling represents the new moment we are in where republicans are saying stop. norm is right, that is a dangerous thing to do and i am not impressed by credit ratings. the downgrade does not get mixed terribly excited. however the election comes out, the first run of the debt ceiling which was a train wreck, it might be the fiscal equivalent of a summit on arms control which ended in failure and turns out to be the key moment when peopl

i was saddened to see richard lugar was defeated. he was mayor of indianapolis and defeated in a prairie contest by the candidate of the tea party. so what seems or the electorate went to the heart rate or the hard left i was struck by the fact the french, by law, elections can only last one month. it is not a perfect system. you still end up with a french president. [laughter] but maybe we take a clue from the french playbook. it talks about the sensible center and then for the vacant space there are many factors. the 24/7 news cycle. when it was growing e. when it was growing up when they decided to extend walter cronkite act 30 minutes. what do we put on? but there it is the scorpion and the bottle element. but that is not the main problem. [laughter] but perhaps it will come back. these campaigns drive away some of their people. it has become very easy to be cynical. >> but what about south dakota? yes? [inaudible] >> did i immerse myself in chinese literature? deeply. i would have talked about that but it is a very sophisticated

. >>> we are back with senators richard lugar of indiana and mark warner of virginia. so the notion that this election will, you know, suddenly make it all clear, which, you know, which party the americans support, i think we all have sort of said this isn't going to happen. so then bhawhat happens to this fiscal cliff? what happens to this $8 billion that will be taken out of the economy at the end of the year in tax increases and spending cuts? how is congress going to deal with that? >> well, essentially the congress leadership has decided not to deal with it until after the election which i think is a mistake fundamentally, but let's say after the election very quickly we have the debt ceiling problem. we have the sequester problem, the money for the armed forces quite apart from the rest of it will be taken away, plus all the end of the bush tax cuts which means tax increases for every american. you can say all of that could be postponed until two months, three months, six months down the trail -- >> romney says if he's elected he'd rather -- >> but that requires

he just beat richard lugar the incumbent for the right to go into the senate race in indiana.of the day. he decided to make a video of what would happen in the supreme court case on the afford healthcare act. he wanted to do a video on all three possible outcomes. he up loaded all of them on youtube. >> the supreme court ruled that the obama-care is, in fact constitutional. [ bleep ] >> we now know that obama-care came down to the split decision. the supreme court struck down part but not all of the healthcare bill. the supreme court has done what none of us thought really could happen. they ruled obama-care constitutional. >> cenk: clown of the earth. they are so fake, these politicians. in case they won he had this recorded. >> don't sit back and think that the fight is over, because it isn't. president obama and joe donnelly are putting obama-care 2.0 together and they'll try to pass it again. we cannot let that happen. >> cenk: i love that. no matter what happens they're going to attack either way. richard mourdock easeily the clown of the day. all right guys, we love you.

this is one of my arguments with norm we had in another domain on political reform in general, richard lugar might still have a seat if you had the robust central party organizations undermined over the years by various campaign finance reforms schemes and so forth that have actually diminished the power of central party organizations and increased the power of independent organizations and insurgent groups such that a political party establishment is not very well established anymore and can't come to the rescue of the moderates or long time serving members. >> probably time or maybe one or two before closing statements. so let me start with you, steve. this is a question that was asked and norm raised the debt ceiling vote or votes earlier, and so somebody asked, was the debt ceiling debate an example of extremism or do you think that it was an appropriate tool to constrain government? >> i'd answer it this way, the debt ceiling -- the fight over the debt ceiling represents the new moment we're in, when republicans are saying, actually become now the conservative party yelling stop, enough

and richard lugar discusses the disbursement of u.s. foreign aid and money. and what it is like to lead developing countries. secretary of state hillary clinton said the attack helicopters sent to syria may escalate the conflict in that country. the secretary made the comments at her joint appearance with shimon peres on tuesday. the helicopters were not new, but were repaired by a company in russia. this is just under an hour. >> 10 years of support for the saban institute. we are especially appreciative that so many of you who have been involved in the work of the center are here to join us here today. we especially want to welcome senator feinstein, a justice prior and the ambassadors of israel and the united arab emirates for honoring us with their presence. when i asked haim how he would like to be honored, he at first refused. then he said it should be in the saban center tradition with an exchange of ideas about the middle east. when i asked who he wanted to speak, he asked -- he answered shimon and hilary. it is a great testament to their reputation.

washington journal and after that hillary clinton talking about russian supplies in syria and senator richard lugarn aid money. >> the story behind the star spangled banner, the invasion and burning of washington, d.c. this weekend on american history tv. mark the bicentennial of the start of the war of 1812 from four mechanic -- from fort mchenry. that is live today at 11:00 a.m. eastern. also this weekend, more of our series on key political figures who ran for president but lost the changed political histories. sunday at 7:30 a.m. and this week with william jennings bryan. that is on cspan 3. >> this morning, we examine the role of pacs and super pacs in an election year and a director for americans for prosperity talks about the c

murdoch, i think, who defeated richard lugar ran on the platform of noome prsed n.ncom ae w matyay suspect it doesn't really. i think people do not like the status quo. we'll know better after this election, if that's true. but i think most americans would like to get things done, and you n't aomplisf se ta fs t i , ar o politics, to coin an old-fashioned -- reuse an old-fashioned phrase is the art of compromise. d, you know, that's what do in vermont more or less much better thanin core cossu tbee in mega m ways should be considered a hero because he worked with democrats on the nuclear arms control treaty. instea he is villainized for that. i think the public has to speak up a say ha thikind o in nnd ttis r of money in politics. these super pacs, that's all they do is purchase negative ads. ree czeunwe findwa haot these super pacs. but, again, the public has to speak up. and with or without money, i still believe that individual voices can have an impact. deac ruin democracy. interesting thing happened in massachusetts. if they can stick with it, both scott brown

senator richard lugar. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> this is certainly a great pleasure and a great honor to join you here today in the frontiers development conference. i appreciate especially being on this magnificent campus this morning with the president and with raj shah for whom i have such a very high regard. i want to thank especially raj shah for this kind invitation and his remarkable introduction. as we open the conference we must recognize economic challenges that cast a shadow over development opportunities. let me get my glasses. these economic challenges cast a shadow over development opportunities, investments about which you would liberate. the united states continues to struggle with anemic growth and unemployment rate of more than 8%. our national debt today is approaching $16 trillion. efforts to contain and reverse our budget spiral are complicated by financial pressures from an aging population lengthy military engagements and sometimes partisan politics. many other countries inc

"state of the union"airs next and they will have republican governor bob mcdonnell and richard lugarnd mark warner. "face the nation"completes a lineup and they will have david axelrod and reince preibus. also ed rendell and senator kay bailey hutchison. five network talk shows reairing as a public service beginning at noon eastern time. you can listen to them all on cspan radio on 90.1 fm in the washington, d.c. area and you can listen onr your blackberry or go online to listenadio.org. >> sunday -- >> the problem with walter cronkite is that people see him only as the avuncular friendly man which he was to everybody but there's another side of him that was to be the best. he was obsessed with ratings and beating by huntley-brinkley report every night. he is probably the fiercest competitor and i have ever written about and i have written about presidents and generals and his desire to be the best was very pronounced. >> best selling author douglas brinkley on his biography of walter cronkite tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> [video clip] continues. journal" host: we are joined

these tactics have been successfully defined by richard murdock who beat richard lugar in the senate. i said by partisanship should -- i said bipartisan should consist of democrats coming to the republican side is what he said. public opinion surveys show that the two parties in congress -- let me put up a couple of charts that show what has happened over time in congress -- the voting records for the house and senate. you will see clearly the republicans in congress are the most conservative that they have been in our lifetimes and, indeed, perhaps more conservative than in a century. the democratic party, especially as a loss to southern democrats, moved some went to the left but nowhere near as much. let me quote the most prominent and respected conservative intellectual -- calvin coolidge, a conservative favorite. or even ronald reagan who favored large-scale government research be on the missile defense. that recognizes "that came from steve hayward. the party in congress voted to kill the census bureau's survey and economic census which has been used by businesses for a variety

this is something that's richard lugar failed to do in indiana.rrin hatch recognized pretty much as soon as his former colleague lost a primary in 2010 that he was going to have similar trouble. host: how about charlie rangel in new york? several challengers and a somewhat redrawn district. take us to new york. guest: 80 and ethics problems are some that have gone the way of convicts -- gotten in the way of incumbents. he was running a newly hispanic district. he was hoping to harness that community toward an eventual victory. in the end, he only had three or so months to figure things out. charlie rangel had a 40 years of name recognition to work with. that and of making the difference. host: are there other races that stood out? guest: john sullivan losing in oklahoma was a surprise. he told the associated press a few days ago. he is an example of someone who did not engage early enough in the race. host: were there any other common issues that led to the results? guest: it seems to be very localized. in oklahoma, you have local issues driving t

these tactics have been succinctly defind by richard murdoch who beat richard lugar for the nomination for senate in indian who said among any things by partisan ought to consist of democrats coming to the republican point of view. now on ideology, in a larger sense, vote records and public opinions surveys show what happened idealogically to the two parties in congress. let me quickly put up a couple of charts that show what's happened over time in congress, voting records for the senate and the house. and what you will see is, clearly the republicans in congress are the most conservative that they have been in our lifetimes and indeed, perhaps more conservative than in a century. democratic party especially as it lost its southern democrats, moved somewhat to the left but nowhere near as much. let me quote on this particular topic of ideology, maybe the most prominent and respected conservative intellectual. this kind of conservatism would be unrecognizeable to, for example, calvin coolidge, a current sentiment tall conservative favorite who favored minimum wage laws and child labor

richard lugar might still have a seat if you have the old, robust organizations that have actually diminishedhe power of central party organizations and increased the power of other organizations, insurgent groups. such that political party establishment can come to the rescue of the moderates were long serving members. >> we have time for one or two questions before closing statements. i may start with you. this is a question that was asked. it is in regards to the debt ceiling. was the debt ceiling in a example of extremism, or an appropriate tool to constrain government? >> i would answer it this way. the fight of the debt ceiling represents the new moment we are in, when republicans are saying stop, enough is enough. norman is right. it is a very dangerous thing to do, although i am not much impressed by credit ratings. the same people that said fannie mae and freddie mac were just fine. the downgrade doesn't give me terribly excited. the optimist in me thinks that this might proved to be, the first run of the debt ceiling, is a bit of the a train wreck. there might be the fiscal equivale

senate have not signed it, and all of those in election selections, olympia snowe not running, richard lugarust lost, susan collins of maine, thad cochran of mississippi, john barrasso who's part of the senate leadership team of wyoming, and john hone. let's show you a couple of the democrats who have signed, rob andrews of new jersey, ben chandler of kentucky and nebraska senator ben nelson. that's the current situation in the congress. grover norquist was talking about how many people running this year have signed, but our question to you is, would you take an anti-tax pledge if you were coming to town with all the discussion and debate about the economy, the budget deficit and the like. tell us why, yes or no. let's begin with a call from jacksonville, florida. this is stuart, an independent. you're on the air. >> caller: no, i would not sign -- i'm sorry, can you hear me? >> host: yes, sir, we can. >> caller: yeah. i would not sign the pledge because these politicians, the senate and the white house both seem, it seems apart that they're owned by the multi-national corporations. i tell y

mcconnell wants to do and the very very ugly richard mourdock you might remember mourdock as the tea party favorite who beat incumbent republican senator dick lugar in last month's indiana primary well he said in a newspaper interview yesterday that employers should be able to deny health insurance to cancer patients rock went on to say that health care will be the biggest issue and our well first of all be the biggest issue that's going to be a failing economy and secondly mourdock and his fellow conservatives have this radical view of employers' rights on where they can do whatever they want and get away with it and that is very very a. given the amount of corporate money is flowing through the hands of both republicans and democrats it's really easy to think of the two parties as one of the same the story line is that they're both bought out and working for the corporations it's a talking point that's repeated by numerous politicians and political commentators these days. republicans and democrats aren't much different but i don't see any difference between the leadership of the two parties one of the widely perceived differences between the t

two years ago, indiana republican senator richard lugar joined me, crossing the aisle to ask the department of homeland security to grant this deferred action. i called him on friday and i said dick, i just want to tell you how much i respect you. it took us two years, but we got it done. he was the only senator from the other side of the aisle with the courage to step up and join me in that letter. he may have paid some price for it although he denied it in the phone conversation, but i can't tell you how much i respect the man for his courage in asking for this. it took two years, but those students who are appreciative of the president's action should not forget the singular courage of the senator from indiana. last year when senator lugar and i sent a renewed request, 21 senators joined us, including majority leader harry reid, judiciary chairman patrick leahy, and of course senator bob menendez who heads up the hispanic caucus in the senate. it's easy to criticize the president's new deportation policy when it's abstract and we're talking about constitutional and legal theory and defer

i said also earlier that senator richard lugar and i sort of traded places back and forth, as earmark chairman or ranking member of that committee -- as either chairman or ranking member of that committee and we passed bipartisan farm bills. we worked closely together with complete candor and honesty with each other, as one would expect from senator lugar. we formed these comprehensive bills. it's not easy. we've got what we have here, a strong bipartisan bill. and so i rise to say i hope the house of representatives will act swiftly to consider legislation that's going to allow us to move to conference. because just as it was important to the united states senate to get together and pass this bill by an overwhelming majority, the swift passage of this farm bill is essential. the current farm bill expires at the end of september, and before august 31 we have to address the serious problem with dairy policy or our dairy farmers will be left without a vital safety net. now, dairy is a crucial industry in vermont. we've been on a roller coaster. let me show the senate this. this is the r