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Biden Cashes In: 500K Raised from Turkish, Azeri Communities
by Armenian Weekly
April 28, 2012
Vice President Biden (R) and Obama
WASHINGTON (A.W.) - On April 27, three days after Armenian Genocide
Commemoration Day, Vice President Joe Biden addressed Turkish and
Azeri donors at a campaign fundraiser here in Washington, raising more
than $500,000.
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.
Biden praised `Azerbaijan as country with tremendous potential. We
want Azerbaijan to succeed in its goal of developing a modern
democracy and becoming a regional leader,' reported The Hill.
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.
by Armenian Weekly
April 28, 2012
Vice President Biden (R) and Obama
WASHINGTON (A.W.) - On April 27, three days after Armenian Genocide
Commemoration Day, Vice President Joe Biden addressed Turkish and
Azeri donors at a campaign fundraiser here in Washington, raising more
than $500,000.
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.
Biden praised `Azerbaijan as country with tremendous potential. We
want Azerbaijan to succeed in its goal of developing a modern
democracy and becoming a regional leader,' reported The Hill.
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.