Sen. Lugar

Published January 9, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Host Bob Edwards speaks with Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about American policy towards North Korea and how it compares with American policy towards Iraq.

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