Bush Sends Rice to India in Aftermath of Attacks

The suggestion of sending an envoy won support from a leading Republican senator.

President George W. Bush makes a statement on the attacks in Mumbai as he returns from Camp David, on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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"I would think that might be a good idea because, it appears to me, that we have an interlocking situation of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India," said Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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Asked specifically about Clinton as a possible mediator, Lugar said: "I think he could do a great job there."

Lugar and Haqqani appeared on ABC's "This Week."

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