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John Kerry lauds Richard Lugar, laments his loss

By Bryan Bender

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 09, 2012

The primary loss of Richard Lugar, a powerful voice of foreign policy for Republicans for three-plus decades, reshuffles the political deck for Indiana and beyond. For John F. Kerry, his Democratic counterpart on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the loss is both personal and professional. “This is a tragedy for the Senate and the loss is particularly felt by all of us who have been privileged to serve with Dick on the Foreign Relations Committee,’’ Kerry said in a statement minutes after Lugar lost the GOP primary to Richard E. Mourdock, the state’s treasurer.

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