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Advocating with Decision Makers in The U.S.

Honorable Darin LaHood

Two meetings with the US Representative Darin LaHood: Co-Chair of the US-Lebanon Friendship Caucus and presently also serves on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and on the House Ways and Means Committee.

Honorable Mark Takano

A meeting with the US Representative Mark Takano who presently serves as Chair of the House Veterans’ Affairs. As a result of our meeting, Congressman Takano joined the US-Lebanon Friendship Caucus.

Honorable Adam Schiff

A meeting with the US Representative Adam Schiff who presently serves as the Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. As a result of our meeting, Congressman Schiff joined the US-Lebanon Friendship Caucus.

Honorable Eric Swalwell

A meeting with the US Representative Eric Swalwell who is Co-Chair of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and serves on the House Judiciary Committee as well as on of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Honorable Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal

A joint meeting with the Honorable Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal. The Honorable Chris Murphy is the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, and the Honorable Richard Blumenthal serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both Senators visited Lebanon in 2021. The meeting with the two Senators included the members of LACC’s Steering Committee as well as members of the Lebanese American constituency in Connecticut.

Press Releases

Calls for Help in Ending the Presidential Vacancy

Jun 13, 2023

LACC Calls for Help in Ending the Presidential Vacancy The Lebanese-American Coordination Committee, which consists of eight American organizations in the United States founded by Lebanese, sent a message to the American administration calling on it to “help end the...

LACC Recommendations for a Secure and Free Lebanon

Mar 20, 2023

Lebanon faces a set of compounding crises that have decimated the economy and undermined the legitimacy of its governing institutions. Thus far, serious attempts to solve or even address these problems have been thwarted by politically entrenched elites. There are,...

The LACC on the Lebanese expatriate vote in the 2022 parliamentary elections

Dec 1, 2021

The Lebanese American Coordinating Committee (LACC) commends Lebanese expatriates for their extensive efforts to register to vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The record number of nearly a quarter of a million registered expatriates demonstrates their continued attachment to their motherland and their determination to exercise their democratic rights as part of its political process. […]

LACC calls on Lebanon’s army to protect its people from the threat of Hezbollah

Nov 16, 2021

Lebanon’s sovereignty continues to be violated by Hezbollah in contravention ofthe Lebanese Constitution, national accords, and international resolutions.These violations threaten civil peace and security, as well as communal relationsin a country ravaged by a severe economic crisis and on the brink of totalcollapse.In recent months, Hezbollah instigated a number of highly destabilizing securityincidents across the […]

The LACC Guiding Principles

Oct 17, 2021

The Coordinating Committee's joint document sets out its principles, which will govern its operations and advocacy with officials and decision-making centers in Washington. The goal will be to mobilize support for Lebanon on the following grounds: First, to...