CONGRESSMAN LIVINGSTON CARRIES ON ANTI-ARMENIAN PROPAGANDA

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
July 19 2007

On July 18 the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
distributed an on-line video 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 the 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 had been 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 can be watched by visiting:
_releases.php?prid=1233 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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress