ADAM SCHIFF URGES OBAMA TO PROPERLY RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
ArmInfo
2010-04-23 11:20:00
ArmInfo. In a forcefully worded letter, Armenian Genocide Resolution
lead sponsor, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), urged President Barack
Obama to stand by his record as a U.S. Senator and his pledges as a
Presidential candidate to properly recognize the Armenian Genocide,
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) reported.
"We join with Armenian Americans from across the country in thanking
Congressman Schiff for his leadership in calling upon President Obama
to keep his pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide," ANCA Executive
Director Aram Hamparian said.
Earlier this week, 14 Senators issued a similar call, urging President
Obama to properly characterize the Armenian Genocide in his annual
statement.
To recall, despite his election pledge to recognize the Armenian
genocide, Barack Obama preferred to avoid the term "genocide" in his
last year speech on 24 April and used the term "mets yeghern" instead,
which has no legal or international meaning.