THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, February 26, 1996 TAG: 9602260048
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A3 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Profile
SOURCE: BY JERRY GRAY, NEW YORK TIMES
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Medium: 54 lines
Consider the resume: two-term mayor of Indianapolis; U.S. senator for nearly two decades; a Senate leader in the campaigns to rescue New York City and Chrysler Corp. from financial collapse; former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; three times on the short list to be the running mate of the Republican presidential nominee.
By a number of measures, Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana is among the most qualified candidates ever to run for president of the United States. [The text of this wire story is not available in the library database. For a copy of complete text, see microfilm.] ILLUSTRATION: Photo
Above all, the president is commander in chief, says Sen. Richard
Lugar, who points to his own foreign policy experience.
RICHARD LUGAR
Born: Indianapolis, April 4, 1932.
Residence: Indianapolis
Education: Denison University, B.A., 1954; Rhodes Scholar, Oxford
University, M.A., 1956.
Military: Navy, 1957 to '60.
Experience: Indianapolis School Board commissioner, 1964 to '67;
Indianapolis mayor, 1968-75; manufacturing executive; manager of
family farm; U.S. senator, 1977 to present.
Family: Wife Charlene; four children.
By default, Lugar dominates the debate on foreign aid. The former
chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee goes out of his
way to warn voters that with global problems ranging from
nuclear-arms proliferation to ethnic conflicts, the world remains a
dangerous place that requires the leadership of the U.S. president.
He favors broader diplomatic relations with China and Vietnam,
and supports economic cooperation with Russia to stabilize the
threat from nuclear expansion or terrorism.
Lugar also has been pushing his proposal to eliminate the IRS and
institute a national sales tax of 17 percent that would exempt food,
medicine, shelter and clothing. He argues that a tax on consumption
would encourage investment and lead to higher economic growth.
Source: Knight-Ridder News Service
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