ADMINISTRATION URGES DELAY IN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION
VolunteerTV
March 4 2010
The Obama administration is urging Congress to hold off on a resolution
that could anger Turkey — an important NATO ally.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is urging Congress to hold
off on a resolution that could anger Turkey — an important NATO ally.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee has scheduled a vote today on a
resolution declaring that the killing of Armenians during the Ottoman
era was genocide. And the panel seems likely to endorse it.
But the White House says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has
spoken with the chairman of the House panel, and indicated that the
vote would threaten reconciliation talks between Turkey and Armenia.
During his campaign, President Barack Obama had said he would label
the killings as genocide. But Turkish officials have warned that the
resolution could jeopardize U.S-Turkish cooperation.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by
Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I. Turkey says the number
is inflated, and that the people who died were victims of civil war
and unrest.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
