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Biden praises Turkish, Azeri donors at Obama fundraiser in Washington
April 28, 2012 - 18:33 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 27, three days after Armenian Genocide
Commemoration Day, Vice President Joe Biden addressed Turkish and
Azeri donors at a campaign fundraiser in Washington, raising more than
$500,000, The Armenian Weekly reports.
The fundraiser came on the heels of President Obama's April 24
statement, in which the President once again failed to properly
acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, resorting to euphemisms and the
Armenian term Meds Yeghern (Great Catastrophe) instead.
`We're looking for Turkish leadership in the rest of that entire
region,' Biden declared. `It's a model as to how you can have an
Islamic population, an Islamic state and a democracy, something the
rest of the region is groping to figure out how to do,' he said.
According to The Hill, tickets for the event cost $2,500 a piece and
went to the Democratic National Committee and President Obama's
reelection campaign. More than 200 members of the Turkish and
Azerbaijani communities were in attendance.
April 28, 2012 - 18:33 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 27, three days after Armenian Genocide
Commemoration Day, Vice President Joe Biden addressed Turkish and
Azeri donors at a campaign fundraiser in Washington, raising more than
$500,000, The Armenian Weekly reports.
The fundraiser came on the heels of President Obama's April 24
statement, in which the President once again failed to properly
acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, resorting to euphemisms and the
Armenian term Meds Yeghern (Great Catastrophe) instead.
`We're looking for Turkish leadership in the rest of that entire
region,' Biden declared. `It's a model as to how you can have an
Islamic population, an Islamic state and a democracy, something the
rest of the region is groping to figure out how to do,' he said.
According to The Hill, tickets for the event cost $2,500 a piece and
went to the Democratic National Committee and President Obama's
reelection campaign. More than 200 members of the Turkish and
Azerbaijani communities were in attendance.