The Foreign Service Journal, January-February 2014

16 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2014 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL A proud Hoosier, Dick Lugar has served America for more than half a century, from a young Navy lieutenant to a respected leader in the United States Senate. I’ll always be thankful to Dick for taking me—a new, junior senator—under his wing, including travels together to review some of his visionary work, the destruction of Cold War arsenals in the former Soviet Union— something that doesn’t get a lot of public notice, but was absolutely critical to making us safer in the wake of the Cold War. Now, I should say, traveling with Dick you get close to unexploded landmines, mortar shells, test tubes filled with anthrax and the plague. (Laughter.) His legacy, though, is the thousands of missiles and bomb- ers and submarines and warheads that no longer threaten us because of his extraordinary work. Our nation and our world are safer because of this statesman. And in a time of unrelenting partisanship, Dick Lugar’s decency, his commitment to bipartisan problem-solving, stand as a model of what public service ought to be. … Representing the state of Indiana for over three decades in the United States Senate, Richard G. Lugar put country above party and self to forge bipartisan consensus. Throughout his time in the Senate, he offered effec- tive solutions to our national and international problems, advocating for the control of nuclear arms and other weapons of mass destruction. Working with Senator Sam Nunn, Richard Lugar established the Nunn- Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, one of our country’s most successful national security initiatives, helping to sustain American lead- ership and engage nations in collaboration after decades of confronta- tion. He remains a strong voice on foreign policy issues, and his informed perspective will have broad influence for years to come. (Applause.) —Excerpted from President Barack Obama’s remarks at the Nov. 20 White House ceremony where he presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Senator Richard G. Lugar and 15 other recipients. Contemporary Quote Magnitsky Act. Fortunately, he had the resources and connections to fight back, and Interpol soon dismissed the request as politically motivated, and deleted the entry from its database. That outcome proves that Interpol shields individuals from procedural abuses, declares Ronald K. Noble, the agency’s head. But Fair Trials says Browder got quick action only because he used the media to marshal political support. “Interpol tends to take coun- tries’ arrest warrants at face value,” says Jackman. “They don’t look at whether the person is already recognized by another country as a refugee.” Fair Trials calls on Interpol to review preliminary notices before they are posted, noting that member countries currently have no way to verify that a listing has been removed from the database. It also urges Interpol to develop clearly defined proce- dures for appeals by listed individuals, be more transparent about how its database operates, and safeguard the right to appeal when initial requests to remove names