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ARMENIAN AMERICANS SAY RICCIARDONE WRONG CHOICE FOR ANKARA POST
news.am
Sept 12 2011
Armenia
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has encouraged
Armenian Americans to contact their legislators to express their
opposition to Amb. Ricciardone's confirmation.
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey nominee Francis Ricciardone, through errors
of fact and bias in his responses to Senate inquiries, has proven to
be the wrong candidate to continue his posting as U.S. Ambassador to
Turkey, ANCA says in a statement.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to vote on his
nomination on Tuesday September 13th. U.S. Ambassador to Armenia
nominee John Heffern will also be considered that day, in addition
to several other nominations.
ANCA recalls that in a written response to questions submitted to
him by Senator Robert Menendez, Amb. Ricciardone made the patently
incorrect claim that "most of the Christian churches functioning
[on the territory of present-day Turkey] prior to 1915 are still
operating as churches."
Responding to a wave of grassroots outrage and growing Congressional
concern, Ambassador Ricciardone backed away from his most obvious and
offensive misrepresentations about Turkey's destruction of Christian
churches, but sparked renewed controversy by artificially inflating
the number of currently operating Christian houses of worship, and
again using strained euphemisms to help Ankara escape responsibility
for its crimes.
news.am
Sept 12 2011
Armenia
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has encouraged
Armenian Americans to contact their legislators to express their
opposition to Amb. Ricciardone's confirmation.
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey nominee Francis Ricciardone, through errors
of fact and bias in his responses to Senate inquiries, has proven to
be the wrong candidate to continue his posting as U.S. Ambassador to
Turkey, ANCA says in a statement.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to vote on his
nomination on Tuesday September 13th. U.S. Ambassador to Armenia
nominee John Heffern will also be considered that day, in addition
to several other nominations.
ANCA recalls that in a written response to questions submitted to
him by Senator Robert Menendez, Amb. Ricciardone made the patently
incorrect claim that "most of the Christian churches functioning
[on the territory of present-day Turkey] prior to 1915 are still
operating as churches."
Responding to a wave of grassroots outrage and growing Congressional
concern, Ambassador Ricciardone backed away from his most obvious and
offensive misrepresentations about Turkey's destruction of Christian
churches, but sparked renewed controversy by artificially inflating
the number of currently operating Christian houses of worship, and
again using strained euphemisms to help Ankara escape responsibility
for its crimes.