COMMISSION FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS OF USA SENATE AGAIN DEFERRED CONSIDERATION OF
ISSUE OF RICHARD HOAGLAND'S APPROVAL TO POSITION OF USA AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
Yerevan, August 2. ArmInfo. The Commission for Foreign Relations of the
USA Senate again deferred consideration of issue of Richard Hoagland's
approval to the position of USA Ambassador to Armenia, "Svoboda"
radio station informs. The candidacy of Hoagland was presented in
May, 2006, by the USA President. According to the source, proposal
of at least one senator was necessary to put off the discussion. The
senators-democrats Josef Biden and John Kerri came out with such a
decision, having expressed their anxiety to the Commission Chairman
Richard Lugar. Biden had stated that a group of senators addressed
him with a call to make this proposal.
The press-secretary of the USA Hay Dat Commission, Elizabeth Chuljyan,
noted that the deferment of discussions means that the senators have
some anxiety regarding the Ambassador John Evan's resignation, the
USA position in the issue of the Armenian Genocide and Hoagland's
statements about the Armenian Genocide.
ISSUE OF RICHARD HOAGLAND'S APPROVAL TO POSITION OF USA AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA
Yerevan, August 2. ArmInfo. The Commission for Foreign Relations of the
USA Senate again deferred consideration of issue of Richard Hoagland's
approval to the position of USA Ambassador to Armenia, "Svoboda"
radio station informs. The candidacy of Hoagland was presented in
May, 2006, by the USA President. According to the source, proposal
of at least one senator was necessary to put off the discussion. The
senators-democrats Josef Biden and John Kerri came out with such a
decision, having expressed their anxiety to the Commission Chairman
Richard Lugar. Biden had stated that a group of senators addressed
him with a call to make this proposal.
The press-secretary of the USA Hay Dat Commission, Elizabeth Chuljyan,
noted that the deferment of discussions means that the senators have
some anxiety regarding the Ambassador John Evan's resignation, the
USA position in the issue of the Armenian Genocide and Hoagland's
statements about the Armenian Genocide.