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    US SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS NOMINEE TO POST OF US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA

    Yerevan, June 29. ArmInfo. On June 28, the US Senate Foreign Relations
    Committee considered the candidature of Richard Hoagland to the post
    of US Ambassador to Armenia.

    The US Embassy in Armenia told ArmInfo that during the hearings at the
    Committee, R. Hoagland was asked several questions. The nominee will
    be asked additional questions later from Senator, afterwards voting
    will take place, the source reports. However, the date of the voting
    is not known yet. According to the Armenian Assembly of America,
    Senate Foreign Relations Committee members GeorgeAllen (R-VA) and
    Norm Coleman (R-MN) bombarded U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Designate
    Richard Hoagland with questions about official U.S. complicity in
    Turkey's campaign of Genocide denial, questioning him, during his
    confirmation hearing, regarding his ability to effectively represent
    the United States in Armenia without properly recognizing the Armenian
    Genocide. "I am not sure how we can continue to have Ambassadors
    to Armenia who can be effective unless they give recognition to the
    Genocide." - Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN).

    v To recap, the reason of the recall of US Ambassador to Armenia John
    Marshall Evans is the latter's public recognition of Armenian Genocide
    in the course of his meeting with the Armenian Diaspora of the USA
    last summer. In the meantime, Armenian American activists across the
    U.S. continue to call on Senators to demand a full explanation for the
    early recall of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Marshall Evans. Later,
    the American Foreign Service Association, set to award Amb. Evans with
    the Christian A. Herter Award for constructive dissent, rescinded
    the decision, according to the Washington Post, following pressure
    from State Department officials.

    Richard E. Hoagland was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan on
    October 16, 2003. Ambassador Hoagland was Director of the Office of
    Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs in the Bureau of Europe and Eurasian
    Affairs, Department of State, June 2001-July 2003. He worked with the
    Afghan Resistance during the Soviet-Afghan War. He has also served
    in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research where
    he was the lead analyst for Afghanistan (1989- 1991). After September
    11, 2001, he initiated regular U.S.-Russia consultations in response
    to the mandate by Presidents Bush and Putin that the two governments
    work together to increase their collaboration and transparency in
    Central Asia and the Caucasus. In July 2002, this consultative group
    became part of the ongoing U.S.-Russia Counterterrorism Working Group.
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