PanARMENIAN.Net
Turkey shamelessly attempts to export to U.S. Congress its Article 301
19.10.2007 15:10 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
is working to counter the efforts of the Turkish lobby, which is
pouring millions of dollars in foreign government money into the
American political system in a truly shameless attempt to export to
the U.S. Congress its Article 301 "gag-rule" on the Armenian
Genocide,’ ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
`As Americans, we are opposed to "outsourcing" American foreign policy
to Turkey – allowing another nation to dictate which human rights
issues we can and cannot discuss,’ he said.
`Turkey’s efforts are already backfiring: Congressman Sires criticized
these threats as `a Turkish sword’ over his head. Congressman Crowley
said `shame’ on Turkey for threatening to destabilize our forces in
Iraq. Senator Menendez sharply attacked `the Turkish government’s
attempts to intervene in the business of the U.S. Congress with
over-the-top threats,’ he said.
`Americans know that they advance America’s interests when they stand
up for human rights. The ANCA is, as always, working with all our
community partners in building support for the adoption of the
Armenian Genocide Resolution, Mr Hamparian said.