Richard G. Lugar - Purdue University Summit on Energy Security
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Purdue President Martin C. Jischke, from left, and Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., exit the podium Tuesday (Aug. 29) during the Sen. Richard G. Lugar - Purdue University Summit on Energy Security, which took place on the university's West Lafayette, Ind., campus. About 900 leaders attended the daylong event to discuss national energy issues and policy and ways to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and to develop new strategies for alternative fuels. Among those joining Lugar and Jischke at the summit were Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels; U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Ind.; Sue Cischke, Ford Motor Co. vice president; Carol Battershell, vice president for alternative energy for BP Inc.; and Amy Myers Jaffe, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University.
(Purdue News Service photo/David Umberger)
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