ARMENIAN YOUTH FEDERATION – WESTERN UNITED STATES WELCOMED US HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE’S DECISION

Noyan Tapan
March 10, 2010

GLENDALE, MARCH 10, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Armenian Youth
Federation – Western United States – welcomed the March 4, 2010, vote
by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives
to adopt the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.252). The AYF
leadership and its membership are grateful to Committee Chairman
Howard Berman for standing up to the Obama Administration, Turkish
lobbyists, and the Turkish Government. Chairman Berman and the House
Foreign Affairs Committee remained firm in recognizing the Armenian
Genocide. Even though Turkey spends millions of dollars annually to
spread misinformation about the Armenian Genocide, the decision by
the US House Foreign Affairs Committee sends a signal to Turkey that
it does not have a vote or veto in our Congress. The Armenian-American
community has been and continues to encourage the passage of a similar
bill in the Senate of the United States and proper acknowledgment of
the Armenian Genocide by US President Barack Obama, whose campaign
promise to Armenians was to stand by the truth.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress