Lantos, Ackerman Urge State Department to Hire Former Soldiers with Critical Language Skills
June 25, 2007 Contact: Lynne Weil (Lantos), 202-225-5021 orJordan Goldes (Ackerman) 718-423-2154Congressmen suggest hiring of members of the U.S. military dismissed under “Don’t ask, don’t...
The Future of NATO: How Valuable an Asset?
Opening Remarks of Chairman Lantos at hearing, “The Future of NATO: How Valuable an Asset?”
The Committee will come to order.NATO was the great military alliance of the 20th Century. The question before the committee today is whether it will retain this distinction in the 21st century. For...
Chairman Lantos’ Opening Remarks at Joint Congress-Duma Open Meeting
As chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, it is my extraordinary pleasure to welcome our counterparts from the foreign affairs committee of the Russian Duma. I am delighted to have our...
Markup: H.R. 2798 – the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007
Adding Hezbollah to the EU Terrorist List
BRIEFING AND HEARING: World Refugee Day: Addressing the Needs of African Refugees
Lantos Marks World Refugee Day, Cites America’s Moral Obligation to Iraqi Refugees
Washington, DC –Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, marked World Refugee Day (June 20) by calling for a dramatic increase in American assistance to Iraqi...
Opening Remarks of Chairman Lantos at hearing, “South America and the United States: How to Fix a Broken Relationship
For the past six years, as the United States has focused attention on far-away crises, we have largely ignored our own neighborhood. Now we are paying for it dearly with a severe loss of influence...