U.S. ADMINISTRATION WON’T CHALLENGE CONGRESSIONAL ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

PanARMENIAN.Net
06.05.2009 12:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In April 2009, President Obama spoke eloquently on
the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide, said the chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the Armenian Genocide Museum of America and member of
the Trustees Board of the Armenian Assembly of America.

"He, Vice-President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton and others within
this administration, such as Samantha Power, have strong records and
have gone too far on U.S. genocide recognition to sustain an implicit
use only policy; they are in no position to challenge a Congressional
Armenian Genocide resolution. I also don’t think they want to do that,"
Van Krikorian told PanARMENIAN.Net.

"The decision to not explicitly use the term genocide in the
President’s statement only means that we, and our friends who are
dedicated to genocide prevention in and out of Congress, will push
the resolution on a bipartisan basis. Ironically, more people in
the United States and around the world will learn about the Armenian
Genocide and President Obama’s record in that effort and though our
ongoing Armenian Genocide museum development in Washington, DC, than
they would have if President Obama had simply repeated the words
Armenian Genocide, and moved on with seeking reconciliation and a
better future between Armenians and Turks," he said.

"We have excellent leadership support in Congress for the resolution
now and are adding cosponsors to H Res 252, which will continue to do
so before it goes to a vote. Everyone knows we are not giving up. For
its part, Turkey has added former House speaker Republican Dennis
Hastert to its stable of lobbyists, at $35,000 a month. However,
he is actually on record acknowledging the Armenian Genocide, so we
were surprised at that choice – the 30 pieces of silver analogy is
too obvious," Mr. Krikorian said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress