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Press Statement
Sean McCormack, Spokesman
Washington, DC
October 10, 2007
U.S. Administration Regrets House Foreign Affairs Committee Vote on
H.Res. 106
We regret that the House Foreign Affairs Committee has approved House
Resolution 106 and sent it on for consideration by the full House. The
Administration continues strongly to oppose this resolution, passage
of which may do grave harm to U.S.-Turkish relations and to
U.S. interests in Europe and the Middle East. Nor will it improve
Turkish-Armenian relations or advance reconciliation among Turks and
Armenians over the terrible events of 1915.
The United States recognizes the immense suffering of the Armenian
people due to mass killings and forced deportations at the end of the
Ottoman Empire. We support a full and fair accounting of the
atrocities that befell as many as 1.5 million Armenians during World
War I, which H.Res. 106 does not do.
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Released on October 10, 2007