CLINTON SAYS VOTE MIGHT ENDANGER ARMENIA-TURKEY RELATIONS

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March 4 2010
Armenia

Obama administration is urging Congress to hold off on Genocide
Resolution discussed in the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on
March 4.

According to Associated Press, White House Spokesperson Mike Hammer
stated that yesterday Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appealed to
Committee Chairman Howard Berman, noting that the vote will endanger
Armenia-Turkey reconciliation process.

The AP says the step breaks a campaign promise by President Obama to
label mass killings of Armenians as Genocide.

Official Ankara has warned that resolution might deteriorate
U.S.-Turkey relations and set back in Armenia-Turkey reconciliation,
RFE/RL reports.