Congressman Tom Lantos

For Immediate Release October 6, 2011 2011 Lantos Prize to be awarded in November WASHINGTON, DC – The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice is proud to announce that Rwandan humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina will be the 2011 recipient of the Lantos Human Rights Prize. The formal presentation of the award will take place in Washington, DC on November 16th, 2011. Paul Rusesabagina is widely hailed as a hero of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. As a hotel manager during the time of the conflict...Read Full Story

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...Read Full Story

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...Read Full Story

WASHINGTON D.C. — Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died. He was 80.more HERERead Full Story

Dutch Lawmakers Offended by Rep. LantosSaturday October 27, 2007 9:01 AMBy DESMOND BUTLERAssociated Press WriterWASHINGTON (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, a Holocaust...Read Full Story

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 listening...Read Full Story

Congressman Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to be elected to Congress, died today at the age of 80. Lantos had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer but chose to finish the remainder of his 14th term rather than step down from office. Lantos, a Democrat who served a northern California district, had recently assumed the chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Lantos was first elected to the House in 1980. Only three years after his initial election, Lantos founded the...Read Full Story

What a jerkoff, Congressman Tom Lantos is! As a former Army NCO, I am not impressed with this ass. He insults a 4 Star General before the 4 Star evens opens his mouth. Maybe Lantos should keep his mouth shut. A real disgrace as a man! Bruce FeherRead Full Story

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