SOAD Lead Singer Welcomes Blocking Hoagland Confirmation

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.10.2006 17:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Serj Tankian, lead singer for the Grammy
Award-winning band System of a Down, has welcomed the "hold" placed
by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on the confirmation of Richard
Hoagland as U.S.

Ambassador to Armenia until the Bush Administration ends its denial
of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian National Committee of America
reported. "His principled stand represents a powerful contribution
to the worldwide effort to end the denial of justice for this crime,
and break forever the worldwide cycle of genocide," said Serj Tankian.

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) placed a "hold" on the confirmation
of Richard E. Hoagland as the next U.S.

Ambassador to Armenia. In blocking the Hoagland nomination,
Sen. Menendez stressed that, "as a leader and defender of democracy,
it is our nation’s responsibility to speak out against injustice and
support equality and human rights. But if the Bush Administration
continues to refuse to acknowledge the atrocities of the Armenian
Genocide, then there is certainly cause for great alarm, which is
why I am placing a hold on this nominee."