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    U.S. PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS DECIDING ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    07.01.2008 14:41 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The winners of Iowa caucuses, U.S. Senator Barack
    Obama (D-IL) and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R), are both
    on record as having recognized the Armenian Genocide, reported the
    Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

    Senator Obama has spoken forcefully about the moral imperative of
    U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide, specifically calling upon
    the Bush Administration, in letters and public statements, to end its
    "wrong and untenable" policy on this issue.

    During his three years in the Senate, however, he has yet to join
    with his legislative colleagues in cosponsoring the Armenian Genocide
    Resolution. Senator Obama also voted in the Foreign Relations Committee
    to approve the highly controversial and ultimately unsuccessful
    nomination of Dick Hoagland to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia,
    despite bipartisan Congressional opposition and widespread outrage
    among Armenian Americans over the nominee's denial of the Armenian
    Genocide.

    As Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee issued a proclamation
    recognizing April 24, 2001 as a Day of Remembrance of the Armenian
    Genocide. The declaration memorialized the "the death of at least 1.5
    million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks and the forced deportation
    of countless others." The official statement also noted that, "the
    Armenian people have not received reparations for their losses"
    and that the present Turkish government engages in a campaign of
    "denial of the Armenian Genocide."
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