NOBODY’S BUSINESS BUT THE TURKS?
The Gate – National Journal, DC
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July 21 2007
Former Rep. Bob Livingston, R-La., has posted a video defending Turkey
from 90-year-old charges of genocide against Armenians. The video is
in response to the now-pending H.Res.106 and its Senate companion,
which would mandate an official recognition by Congress that Turkey
committed genocide against Armenians between 1915 and 1923.
Livingston doesn’t directly deny that a genocide took place, but
attempts to cast it as a matter of historical ambiguity. "I don’t
think any of us really know what happened," he says in the video. He
also makes the case that the resolution would unnecessarily damage
relations with Turkey.
Livingston’s name has resurfaced recently as he was, ironically,
replaced in the House by now-Sen. David Vitter after his own sex
scandal in 1999. Livingston went on to found the lobbying organization
The Livingston Group, LLC, which counts the Republic of Turkey among
its most prominent clients.