Representative Tom Lantos is from the 12th District of California. Lantos is a member of the Democratic Party. Tom Lantos serves on the Government Reform Committee and the International Relations Committee.
Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) died today at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland after a battle with esophageal cancer. He was 80, and a survivor of the Holocaust.
The Washington Post reports: "Lantos, born in Budapest to Hungarian Jews, served 14 terms in the House of Representatives. He is the only Holocaust survivor elected to Congress. His district included southwest San Francisco and much of San Mateo County, where he was known for supporting the socially liberal agenda of...
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Democrat Tom Lantos, a key voice in Congress on US foreign affairs died on Monday.
Lantos' representatives say he was surrounded by his family when he died Monday morning in Bethesda naval hospital north of Washington.
Lantos served as representative from California since 1980. He also chaired the chamber's Foreign Affairs committee.
When he announced his diagnosis, Lantos, expressed his "profoundly felt gratitude to this great country."
"It is only in the United States that a...
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Dutch Lawmakers Offended by Rep. Lantos Saturday October 27, 2007 9:01 AM By DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Dutch lawmakers who visited the Guantanamo Bay military prison this week said they were offended by a testy exchange in Washington with a senior congressional Democrat. The lawmakers said that Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told them that ``Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay.'' Lantos...
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I have taken some time off from researching Natalee's case. I was waiting for Beth's book and just re-freshing my batteries. Thank you to Carpe Noctem for all of the videos and keepin' it ROLLIN'. Today I sort of fell into something. It always seems to happen when you are not looking. I listen to a radio show in the morning called The Warroom with Jim Quinn and Rose Tennant. It's a political show that touches on all aspects of foreign and domestic policy. I like the show and have been...
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Congressman Tom Lantos was on CNN's Lou Dobbs tonight promising to carry Bush's catastrophic foreign policy sword against Venezuela and Iran.
That Lantos, an unapologetic, unwavering supporter of Israeli's conservative government is threatening Iran isn't surprising. But he may be biting off...
President Bush walks off stage with Annette Lantos , the widow of Rep. Tom Lantos, on Wednesday after signing the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and ...