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SCHIFF 'DISAPPOINTED' OVER OBAMA'S FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE GENOCIDE
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
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Rep. Adam Schiff
WASHINGTON--Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the lead sponsor of the Armenian
Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution in Congress, released the
following statement Tuesday after the White House confirmed to
Armenian-American community leaders that the President would not
use the word genocide when he issues a statement Friday on the 100th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide:
"I'm deeply disappointed that the President, once again, will fail
to properly describe the extermination of 1.5 million Armenians from
1915 to 1923 for what it was - genocide. How long must the victim's
and their families wait before our nation has the courage to confront
Turkey with the truth about the murderous past of the Ottoman Empire?
If not this President, who spoke so eloquently and passionately about
recognition in the past, whom? If not after one hundred years, when?
"The United States has long prided itself for being a beacon of human
rights, for speaking out against atrocity, for confronting painful
chapters of its own past and that of others. This cannot be squared
with a policy of complicity in genocide denial by the President or
Congress. Last week, the Pope spoke powerfully of the need to bind
the wound that continues to bleed in the absence of recognition -
I only wish Washington had been listening."
From: A. Papazian
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
http://asbarez.com/134318/schiff-%E2%80%98disappointed%E2%80%99-over-obama%E2%80%99s-failure-to-recognize-genocide/
Rep. Adam Schiff
WASHINGTON--Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the lead sponsor of the Armenian
Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution in Congress, released the
following statement Tuesday after the White House confirmed to
Armenian-American community leaders that the President would not
use the word genocide when he issues a statement Friday on the 100th
anniversary of the Armenian Genocide:
"I'm deeply disappointed that the President, once again, will fail
to properly describe the extermination of 1.5 million Armenians from
1915 to 1923 for what it was - genocide. How long must the victim's
and their families wait before our nation has the courage to confront
Turkey with the truth about the murderous past of the Ottoman Empire?
If not this President, who spoke so eloquently and passionately about
recognition in the past, whom? If not after one hundred years, when?
"The United States has long prided itself for being a beacon of human
rights, for speaking out against atrocity, for confronting painful
chapters of its own past and that of others. This cannot be squared
with a policy of complicity in genocide denial by the President or
Congress. Last week, the Pope spoke powerfully of the need to bind
the wound that continues to bleed in the absence of recognition -
I only wish Washington had been listening."
From: A. Papazian