Tom Lantos
Tom Lantos
Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from California, serving from 1981 until his death as the representative from a district that included the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of southwestern San Francisco. Lantos had announced in early January 2008 that he would not run for reelection because of cancer of the esophagus, but died before finishing his term. A Hungarian-American, Lantos...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 February 1928
CountryUnited States of America
We are headed to Pyongyang to attempt to clarify the remaining problems and urge the North Korean government to return to the talks in two weeks with a very positive outlook and approach,
will pay a very hefty price for their total disregard of U.S. concerns vis-a-vis Iran, the single most important international threat we face.
Our resolution urges all Latin American and Caribbean countries to designate al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organizations.
(We) strongly encouraged them to understand that in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina, the focus of the American people will turn inward,
He is extremely intelligent, well informed, sophisticated and a strong proponent of improved U.S.-Libya ties, ... I have qualms about working with people much nicer than him, but I consider him a valuable asset in building relations with a former rogue state.
But the alarmingly slow pace of Iraq reconstruction, and the misuse of U.S. and Iraqi funds, have serious repercussions for our own national security.
to develop a complete picture of the decision-making that led the United States to go to war. ... And the Executive Branch owes it to the American people to make certain that their elected representatives are fully informed.
When the talks resume on September 12, we fully expect them to conclude in short order.
Israel is not facing just the terrorists Hamas and Hezbollah. Those criminal groups are merely proxies for the real masters of terror, Syria and Iran.
Your abhorrent actions in China are a disgrace.
Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military.
Insistance upon specifics at this stage, given the history of the relationship, may not be a very useful negotiating tactic.
I only hope we will have an equally charismatic and visionary leader in the future as Kofi Annan has been.
I cannot help but wonder how many more people could have been saved had they been able to take their pets.