Armenian National Committee of America releases video on Bob Livingston's genocide denial.
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The video offers point-by-point challenge to Turkish lobbyist's diatribe against the Armenian Genocide Resolution
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The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) distributed an on-line video, today, countering an eight minute anti-genocide diatribe, released by Turkey's multi-million dollar lobbyist Bob Livingston, in a patently desperate effort to block Congressional adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.106 / S.Res.106)
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The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) distributed an on-line video, today, countering an eight minute anti-genocide diatribe, released by Turkey's multi-million dollar lobbyist Bob Livingston, in a patently desperate effort to block Congressional adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.106 / S.Res.106)
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Click here to watch the video: http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=1233
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Livingston's denial piece was posted on the Capitol Hill Broadcasting Network website, with links forwarded to Members of Congress and their staffs urging them to watch the video and work against Armenian Genocide legislation. Less than twelve hours after Bob Livingston's genocide denial video was posted, the ANCA issued a point by point video rebuttal, which was distributed widely to Congressional offices and policy makers throughout Washington, DC. The ANCA video is featured above.
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Also in response to the Livingston attack, Armenian Genocide Resolution lead advocates, Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA), George Radanovich (R-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) cosigned a 18 July?2007 letter to Congressional colleagues discrediting Livingston's denialist claims. The Congressional letter noted that:
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“For the past seven years Mr. Livingston has been a paid lobbyist for Turkey, which has spent millions of dollars denying what the world knows to be true ? that in the first decades of the last century a horrible genocide was committed against the Armenian people. The factual evidence supporting the Armenian Genocide is vast, and no effort to deny these facts ? no matter the source of the denial ? will ever change history.”
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The letter went on to urge House members to join over 220 of their colleagues in cosponsoring H.Res.106. Similar appeals have been made in two recent floor speeches by Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone (D-NJ). The ANCA will be hosting its second national Congressional Call-In Day on July 23rd to secure increased House support for the swift passage of the Armenian Genocide resolution.
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Source:
PRESS RELEASE
Armenian National Committee of America
1711 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
[email protected]
Website: www.anca.org
18 July 2007
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian – Tel: (202) 775-1918
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Source:
PRESS RELEASE
Armenian National Committee of America
1711 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
[email protected]
Website: www.anca.org
18 July 2007
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian – Tel: (202) 775-1918
ADDITIONAL READING?
“The New Republic” exposes Washington's morals for money foreign agent racket
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Earlier this week, The New Republic, a major national magazine, ran a feature-length, stinging expos? on the efforts of Turkish government lobbyists to defeat the Armenian Genocide Resolution. The article, written by Michael Crowley, provides a behind the scenes glimpse into the multi-million dollar genocide denial industry, spotlighting former House Minority leader Dick Gephardt and Bob Livingston as the lead beneficiaries of Turkey's anti- genocide campaign.
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“It's one thing to flip-flop on, say, tax cuts or asbestos reform. But, when it comes to genocide, you would hope for high principle to carry the day,” explains Crowley. “In Washington, however, the Armenian genocide industry is in full bloom. And Dick Gephardt's shilling isn't even the half of it.”
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Crowley describes a shadowy world of foreign agents, ready to purvey the Turkish government's lies for hefty fees, often on the condition of anonymity.
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“A few weeks ago, I called the Turkish Embassy to request an interview. A couple of days later, I heard back – not from the embassy, but from an American p.r. consultant employed by the Turks,? explains Crowley. ?He suggested we meet the next day at a Starbucks. I found him in a corner behind a glowing white iBook. He had long slicked- back hair, a seersucker suit, and a blinking Bluetooth earpiece, and looked ready for a power lunch with the sharky agent Ari Gold from ?Entourage.? He informed me our conversation would be off the record, before launching his well-honed argument against the genocide resolution.”
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Crowley's description of Livingston is no more flattering. “But the kingpin of Turkish advocacy is Bob Livingston, whose lobbying firm, the Livingston Group, has hauled in roughly $13 million in Turkish lucre since 2000. Livingston, best remembered for his comically brief stint as House Speaker-elect at the height of the Clinton impeachment debacle (before he tearfully admitted his own extramarital affair and resigned from Congress in disgrace), has lobbied on a range of issues dear to Turkey's heart. But it's his tireless fight against the genocide resolution that makes him a hero in Ankara.”
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The complete text of Crowley's article may be read in the July 23rd issue of The New Republic or online here (subscription).
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For readers of Azad-Hye the text is available (without subsription) at the following link.?
