ANCA VIDEO SETS RECORD STRAIGHT ON BOB LIVINGSTON’S GENOCIDE DENIAL
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19.07.2007 13:13
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).
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.
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
July 18th letter to Congressional colleagues discrediting Livingston’s
denialist claims. The Congressional letter noted that:
"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."
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.