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Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind o...

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Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi ...

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The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.

On July 18, we will mark the 12th anniversary of the senseless loss of 85 lives in the bombing of th...

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Tom Lantos

Former United States Representative

Born: 1928-02-01

Died: 2008-02-11

Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Holocaust survivor and American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 11th congressional district until 1993 and from then the 12th congressional district, which both included the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of the southwestern part of San Francisco after redistricting.More