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    MCCAIN RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    armradio.am
    12.11.2009 11:10

    The Republican Party's 2008 Presidential nominee, Arizona Senator John
    McCain, has publicly and properly recognized the Armenian Genocide,
    breaking with his longstanding silence on this human rights issue
    and, in the process, dramatically underscoring the post-election
    retreat by his campaign opponent, President Barack Obama, from his
    high-profile pledge to properly condemn and commemorate this crime,
    reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

    "I believe that genocide was committed against the Armenian people,
    and I think there is ample documentation of that," Sen. McCain told
    the Voice of America Georgian language service in an interview focusing
    on the Caucasus as well as Armenia-Turkey relations.

    During the 2008 Presidential campaign, Sen. McCain issued two
    statements to the Armenian American community, both falling short of
    properly characterizing as genocide the Ottoman Turkish Government's
    deportation and annihilation of its Armenian community. "It is fair to
    say that one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century, the brutal
    murder of as many as one and a half million Armenians under the rule
    of the Ottoman Empire, has also been one of the most neglected. The
    suffering endured by the Armenian people during that period represented
    the prologue to what has come to be known as humanity's bloodiest
    century," stated Sen. McCain in a September 29, 2008, statement.

    Senator McCain has, throughout his tenure in the Congress, largely
    opposed or remained indifferent to an array of Armenian American
    issues. As recently as the last session of Congress, Senator McCain
    publicly opposed Congressional recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

    In 1999, he voted against restricting U.S. aid to Azerbaijan over
    its blockades and other offensive uses of force against Armenia
    and Nagorno Karabagh. He voted against Senator Bob Dole's Armenian
    Genocide Resolution in 1990.

    Sen. McCain also supports the Turkey-Armenia Protocols process.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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