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BARACK OBAMA: "THE EVENTS OF 1915 TO 1923, CARRIED OUT BY THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS GENOCIDE"
Azeri Press Agency
June 18 2008
Azerbaijan
Washington. Husniyya Hasanova-APA. With the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee set to consider U.S. Ambassador to Armenia nominee Marie
Yovanovitch at a confirmation hearing on Thursday, presumptive
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama restated his commitment
to U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA.) In a letter to ANCA Chairman Ken
Hachikian, Sen. Obama wrote "I share your view that the United States
must recognize the events of 1915 to 1923, carried out by the Ottoman
Empire, as genocide. We must recognize this tragic reality. The Bush
Administration's refusal to do so is inexcusable, and I will continue
to speak out in an effort to move the Administration to change its
position." says Sen. Obama in letter to ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian
Sen. Obama went on to cite his concerns about the firing of former
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Marshall Evans in 2006 for speaking
truthfully about the Armenian Genocide
"I was deeply disturbed two years ago when the U.S. Ambassador to
Armenia was fired after he used the term "genocide" to describe the
mass slaughter of Armenians. In a letter to the Department of State,
I called for Secretary Rice to closely examine what I believe is an
untenable position taken by the U.S. government." says Sen. Obama in
letter to ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian.
Azeri Press Agency
June 18 2008
Azerbaijan
Washington. Husniyya Hasanova-APA. With the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee set to consider U.S. Ambassador to Armenia nominee Marie
Yovanovitch at a confirmation hearing on Thursday, presumptive
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama restated his commitment
to U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA.) In a letter to ANCA Chairman Ken
Hachikian, Sen. Obama wrote "I share your view that the United States
must recognize the events of 1915 to 1923, carried out by the Ottoman
Empire, as genocide. We must recognize this tragic reality. The Bush
Administration's refusal to do so is inexcusable, and I will continue
to speak out in an effort to move the Administration to change its
position." says Sen. Obama in letter to ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian
Sen. Obama went on to cite his concerns about the firing of former
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Marshall Evans in 2006 for speaking
truthfully about the Armenian Genocide
"I was deeply disturbed two years ago when the U.S. Ambassador to
Armenia was fired after he used the term "genocide" to describe the
mass slaughter of Armenians. In a letter to the Department of State,
I called for Secretary Rice to closely examine what I believe is an
untenable position taken by the U.S. government." says Sen. Obama in
letter to ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian.