The Livingston Group 's clients include Citigroup , the United States Chamber of Commerce , and Verizon Communications . Another important client was the Republic of Turkey , on whose behalf the Group lobbied until March 2008 . Critics contend that this lobbying was a form of genocide denial , as Turkey does not recognize the slaughter of up to 1.5 million Armenians as a genocide , and does not want the American Government to recognize these events as genocide either
slaughter of up to 1.5 million Armenians
Armenian Genocide
Bob Livingston