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US Senator Alfonse D'Amato (left) holds a press conference with the Jewish World Congress's Elan Steinberg in New York, 27 January 1997 to respond to the resignation of the Swiss Ambassador to the United States. Swiss Ambassador Carlo Jagmetti resigned 27 January 1997 after being quoted as calling for "waging war" against allegations that Swiss banks profited from the assets of Jews seized by the Nazis. (- PHOTO/AFP/BOB STRONG)