U.S. Senator Richard Lugar speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Friday, Dec. 19, 2008. Richard Lugar, the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that the new U.S. administration could help improve relations between Russian and U.S. with talks on crucial arms control and security issues. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Friday, Dec. 19, 2008. Richard Lugar, the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that the new U.S. administration could help improve relations between Russian and U.S. with talks on crucial arms control and security issues.

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  5. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) makes brief remarks after meeting with Senate Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT) (L) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Ban and the senators to talk about what measures and actions the Senate may be willing to take before the climate change talks in Copenhagen in December.
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  13. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
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