WHITEHOUSE: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUST NEVER BE REPEATED

States News Service
April 24, 2007 Tuesday
Washington

The following information was released by the office of Rhode Island
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse:

U.S. Senator Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today released the following statement
commemorating Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day:

"The only way to prevent crimes against humanity in the future is to
shine light on the past. I’m proud to support the Senate’s efforts
to recognize the tragedy that befell the Armenians for what it was –
a genocide that must never, ever be repeated."

Whitehouse is a cosponsor of Senate Resolution 106, which calls on the
President to ensure that U.S. foreign policy acknowledges as genocide
the killings of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915
to 1923.