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Senator Lugar Continues Energy Security Mission

In the aftermath of Russia’s incursion into Georgia, Senator Lugar is on a two-week, nine-nation mission that focuses on the trans-Atlantic alliance’s energy security. He will meet with officials in France, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Germany, and at NATO and EU headquarters in Brussels.

• September 9: Lugar Summarizes Energy Mission, Encourages Energy Dialogue with Latin America
• September 3: Lugar Endorses Georgia Aid Package
• September 2: Senator Lugar to Europeans: Biotech Breakthroughs Critical to Feeding World
• August 28: Senator Lugar Calls for European Leaders to Act on Energy Security
• August 24: Senator Lugar oversees relief in Georgia
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"It is time for the trans-Atlantic community to establish a credible energy security strategy that diversifies energy sources for all Europe, establishes a collective framework to work with Russia, and refuses to tolerate the use of energy as an instrument of coercion," Senator Lugar said at a speech in April. "The absence of a collective energy security strategy will lead to greater fragmentation among European nations and across the Atlantic.  This fragmentation will not be exclusive to energy policy; it may also detrimentally impact our ability to act upon shared security and economic issues."

Senator Lugar’s meetings are a continuation of his mission last January that took him to Georgia and Ukraine, and to the production end of oil and gas pipelines in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.

Senator Lugar oversees humanitarian assistance being unloaded from a U.S. C-17 at the Tbilisi Airport

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09/19/2008	Rochester Community Schools Receives $196,317 Grant
09/19/2008	WNIT Receives $239,917 in Federal Funds for Digital Conversion
09/19/2008	Lugar Welcomes Agriculture Grants
09/19/2008	Indiana State Police Receives $450,000 Grant
09/19/2008	Indianapolis, Pike Township Schools, Julian Center Receive Grants
09/19/2008	St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office Receives $394,000 Grant
09/19/2008	Lugar and Colombian Ministers Discuss Advancing U.S.-Colombia Trade
09/17/2008	Lugar Cosponsors Delta Queen Bill
09/17/2008	Lugar Announces Hoosier adoption award winner
09/16/2008	Fort Wayne Resident Receives Lugar Health and Fitness Award

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