Tom Lantos

Thomas Peter Lantos (born February 1 1928), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1981, representing the 12th District of California (map). He was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was part of an anti-Nazi resistance movement during the German occupation of that country. He is the only Holocaust survivor serving in the House. Upon immigrating to the United States, he attended the University of Washington and the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D. 1953) and was a professor of economics, a television journalist, an administrative assistant, and an economic and foreign policy adviser to the United States Senate before entering the House.

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February 1 - 1928 - American - Democratic - United States House of Representatives - 1981 - California - Budapest - Hungary - Nazi - German - Holocaust - University of Washington - University of California, Berkeley - 1953 - United States Senate

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According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Lantos' wife, Annette, is a first cousin of Zsa Zsa Gabor. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/06/22/MN64676.DTL

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San Francisco Chronicle - Zsa Zsa Gabor

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Lantos was a supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq as early as September 2002, when, according to Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz, he told Israeli MP Colette Avital that "You won't have any problem with Saddam, we'll be rid of the bastard soon enough, and in his place we'll install a pro-Western dictator, who will be good for us and for you." http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=214159&contrassID=2&subContrassID=6&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

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2003 invasion of Iraq - September 2002 - Ha'aretz - Israeli - Colette Avital

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