Rep. Tom Lantos Dies
Representative Tom Lantos (D., CA), former chairperson of the Foreign Affairs committee, has died only one month after announcing his retirement due to esophageal cancer from the US House of Representatives.
Joshua at OFK offered this tribute last month:
Lantos's departure will cost Congress a deep and knowledgeable thinker on Korea policy. I've attended enough International Relations/Foreign Affairs hearings to see which committee members generally attend, which members don't, which ones are vocal, and which ones are wallflowers. Those who are vocal occasionally betray their ignorance of the situation. Disagree with Lantos if you will, but you can't question his knowledge, diligence, or gravitas, and I've never attended a hearing at which he wasn't present, prepared, and insightful.
The New York Sun speculates that Representative Howard Berman (D., CA) will replace Lantos (with some links about Berman also).
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