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" A furious internal battle seems to have blown up behind the scenes at the Livestrong Foundation in the wake of Esquire&amp;#039;s new story on the foundation&amp;#039;s controversial founder, Lance Armstrong. The cause was reported by The Los Angeles Times: The Esquire article also reveals that his struggling cancer foundation would like to find a way to bring him back into the fold. &amp;quot;I think in some respects, he&amp;#039;s waiting to be invited,&amp;quot; Doug Ulman, president of the Livestrong Foundation, told the magazine. &amp;quot;And people here are waiting for him to express to them his authentic passion to be back. Both are waiting for the other to, like, make a move.&amp;quot; In response to this surprising news, the Associated Press contacted Livestrong for further comment. After considerable scurrying behind the scenes, including the addition of a new public relations chief, Livestrong released a statement not from Ulman, but this time from the chairman of Livestrong&amp;#039;s board, Jeff Garvey. Remarkably, Garvey&amp;#039;s statement directly and forcefully contradicted the earlier statement from Ulman, Livestrong&amp;#039;s president and CEO \u2013 and noted that it was being issued on behalf of the entire board of directors.: &amp;quot;While we remain sincerely grateful to Lance for his leadership and investment in our mission, having him rejoin the LIVESTRONG Foundation in any capacity is not on the table. Our highest priority is serving cancer patients and survivors to the best of our ability and building a community of support for people affected by this disease. That remains our primary focus.&amp;quot; Ulman seems to have gone to ground since the release of Monday&amp;#039;s story on Esquire&amp;#039;s website, and would not respond either by phone or email to questions about the schism within Livestrong.  Timothy A. Clary/AFP  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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