"Three former defense secretaries, in their own letter, said Turkey probably would cut off U.S. access to a critical air base. The government of Turkey is spending more than $300,000 a month on communications specialists and high-powered lobbyists, including former congressman Bob Livingston, to defeat the initiative.This morning, President Bush and two key Cabinet members bolstered those efforts, calling on Congress to drop the legislation. "I urge members to oppose the Armenian genocide resolution now being considered by the House Foreign Affairs Committee," Bush told reporters in a prepared statement he made on the South Lawn of the White House."