A look back at Senator Richard Lugar’s career
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Indiana officials gather in the Army and Navy Club in Washington, Jan. 29, 1972, for a reception. From left are: Rep. William G. Bray (R-Ind.); Bill Ruckelshaus, assistant attorney general for civil division; Rep. Richard L. Roudebush (R-Ind.), and Indianapolis Mayor Richard Lugar.
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New Hampshire Gov. Meldrim Thomson, left, meets with Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kans., center, and Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., right, prior to meeting with reporters in Washington in this Aug. 2, 1978 photo.
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U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana and his wife Char arrive at Detroit Metropolitan Airport to attend the Republican National Convention on July 12, 1980.
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Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., left, and Sen. Birch Bayh, D-Ind., chairman of the special Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigating individuals representing the interests of foreign governments, take a moment to plan strategy prior to the second day of hearings on Billy Carter's relationship with the government of Libya on Capital Hill in Washington on August 21, 1980.
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Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., left, takes the oath of office of the U.S. Senate from Vice President George Bush, Jan. 3, 1983, in the old Senate Chambers on Capitol Hill. This was a reenactment of the actual swearing-in ceremony that took place earlier on the Senate floor.
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Vice President-elect Dan Quayle, right, with Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., meet with Rep. Dan Coats, center, of Ind. at Capitol Hill Dec. 12, 1988, after it was announced that Coats would fill the Senate seat vacated by Quayle.
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President George H.W. Bush shares a laugh with Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont, left, and Richard Lugar of Indiana, second from left, Rep. E. (Kika) De La Garza of Texas, and Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter, right, after signing a proclamation marking National Agriculture Day 1990. The ceremony took place in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 20, 1990 in Washington.
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Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar appears with his family on Capitol Hill, March 3, 1995, to launch a bid for the GOP presidential nomination. From left are grandchildren Tye and Tori, held by daughter-in-law Dev, son Mark Lugar, wife Charlene, son John and grandson Trent Taylor.
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Steve Shine, seated, chairman of the Allen County GOP, looks up to Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., at the Lincoln Day Dinner in Grand Wayne Center, April 19, 1995. Sen. Lugar formally announced his bid for the presidency earlier that day in Indianapolis.
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Republican Presidential hopeful Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, center, runs in the 5K ''Dam to Dam'' race in Des Moines, Iowa, June 10, 1995.
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Joe Gomori, left, a junior at Columbia City High School, interviews Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., on September 23, 1996, for a video class. Lugar later spoke to the student body on a range of national and international matters.
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With a smile, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar takes a face-full of whipped cream July 2, 1997, from Pam Selman, who helps run the Village Kitchen in Angola. He was served the ``Selman special'' along with a piece of pecan pie. Lugar met at the restaurant with members of two Steuben County farm families to discuss agricultural issues.
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Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. holds a Capitol Hill news conference Nov. 12, 1998. Lugar says the only way to stop Iraq from threatening its neighbors with weapons of mass destruction may be to kill Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
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Sen. Richard Lugar answers questions at the Allen County GOP Lincoln Day dinner, February 19, 2003, at the Coliseum.
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Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, poses June 14, 2005, with United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and actress Angelina Jolie in his Capitol Hill office.
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Senator Richard Lugar, the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, front right, meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008.
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Gov. Mitch Daniels, right, speaks with Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., following a speech during an inauguration ceremony at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Jan. 12, 2009.
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Sen. Richard Lugar received the 42nd honorary degree of his career May 23, 2010, at Manchester College.
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Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., nears the finish line last May at the ACLI Capital Challenge, a yearly three-mile race in Washington. Lugar, who turns 80 on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, is the only person to have participated in all 30 races.
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Sen. Richard Lugar leaves following a concession speech Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in Indianapolis. Lugar lost his Republican Senate primary on Tuesday to state Treasurer Richard Mourdock.