Meanwhile, in Congress, the few remaining pragmatic Republican centrists, like Senator Richard Lugar, are being hunted down by tea-party activists.

与此同时，国会中务实的，硕果仅存的共和党中间力量——如参议员理查德·卢格——的呼声却被茶党的过激分子喧嚣所淹没。

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That point was echoed by U.S.Senator Richard Lugar.

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Holbrooke urged lawmakers to pass a bill sponsored by Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry of Massachusetts and the top Republican on the panel, Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, that triples non-military aid to Pakistan to $1.5 billion a year for five years.

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Senator RICHARD LUGAR (Republican, Indiana): Unfortunately, the free flow of information to citizens of the United States is inhibited.

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Meanwhile, in Congress, the few remaining pragmatic Republican centrists, like Senator Richard Lugar, are being hunted down by tea-party activists.

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One of the strongest supporters of expansion is Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee.

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