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    States News Service
    March 4, 2010 Thursday


    CO SPONSORED BY SHERMAN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION PASSES COMMITTEE BY 1 VOTE

    WASHINGTON


    The following information was released by the office of California
    Rep. Brad Sherman:

    In a 23 to 22 vote, the House Foreign Relations Committee passed House
    Resolution 252, officially recognizing Armenian Genocide.

    If we hope to stop future genocides we need to admit to those horrific
    acts of the past. When Hitler had to convince his cohorts that the
    world would let them get away with it, he turned to them and said, Who
    today speaks of the annihilation of the Armenians?, said Sherman. The
    last act of any genocide is genocide denial, and the first act of
    preventing the next genocide is to acknowledge past acts of genocide.

    Congressman Sherman believes it is high time that this measure is
    passed by Congress and that the House Foreign Affairs Committees
    passage of House Resolution 252 on the Armenia genocide is a first and
    major step toward final passage.

    Congressman Sherman is an original cosponsor of the legislation, which
    acknowledges the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923. Since coming to
    Congress in 1997, Sherman has co-sponsored every resolution dealing
    with the issue of the Armenian Genocide. Video of Shermans remarks in
    the House Foreign Affairs Committee is available on his YouTube page,
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CE1pcWy55M

    During World War I and its aftermath, the Ottoman Empire attempted to
    destroy the Armenian population of Eastern Anatolia. Congressman
    Sherman wants Congress to remember this tragic event and formally
    acknowledge that the Armenian Genocide is a fact. Unfortunately, there
    are many who deny that this first genocide of the 20th Century
    actually took place.

    Congressman Brad Sherman is the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs
    Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade. He has served
    Californias San Fernando Valley in Congress since 1997.
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