Thread by @greggiroux

Richard G. Lugar (1932-2019, R-Indiana) was Indianapolis mayor 1968-1975 and U.S. Senator 1977-2013. Chairman of Foreign Relations and Agriculture Committees. Worked with Sam Nunn on arms control and disarmament policy:
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In 2013, President Obama awarded Lugar the Presidential Medal of Freedom:
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Lugar's Senate farewell address, December 2012 (video):
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4. Excerpts from Lugar's Senate farewell address:

5. Here's Lugar in the 1980 Almanac of American Politics, early in his 36-year Senate career. After narrow loss to Birch Bayh in 1974, Lugar unseated Vance Hartke in 1976:

6. Here's Lugar in 2016, talking about the Lugar Center's Bipartisan Index ranking members of Congress by how well they work across party lines (including co-sponsoring bills with members of the other party):
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7. Lugar merited consideration as a Republican vice-presidential running mate in 1980 and 1988, per Jon Meacham's Bush 41 bio: