On Monday of this week, Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Ranking Republican, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, was interviewed by the National Journal Weekly online.  His discussion is significant, because the new START and all arms reduction treaties cannot pass the U.S. Senate without at least 8-10 Republican votes.
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Sen. Lugar is the senior Republican on these issues, and the former Chairman of Foreign Relations.  Dick Lugar also has a distinguished record in his own right.  He is part of the now-historic “Nunn-Lugar Team” who paired with Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA), on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program with Russia, which prevented “loose nukes” after the Cold War.  Nunn is now part of the famous “Gang of Four” statesmen who have supported a world free of nuclear weapons, breaking the logjam and encouraging hundreds more leaders to come out in support.
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Senator Lugar understands the threat of nuclear weapons, and has done more than most, to help reduce it.  The interview is worth reading, and we hope will inspire many more members of the Senate GOP Caucus to support the new START Treaty.  Here are the links, to the interview, and to a petition to support the Treaty.

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-Ed Aguilar, Project for Nuclear Awareness