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Eshoo Statement on the Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) News Release

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Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo issued the following
statement marking one hundred and three years since the beginning of
the Armenian Genocide:

"On this day 103 years ago the world bore witness to the systematic
and deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians, Assyrians,
Greeks and other minorities by the Ottoman Empire.

"Over 100 years after the fact, the United States government has yet
to make an official statement labeling the atrocities carried out
against these minorities as what they were: genocide. I'm proud to
have cosponsored the Armenian Genocide Resolution in every Congress
I've served in to formally recognize one of the darkest chapters in
human history, and I will not rest until we are successful.

"Let us take the time today to remember the 1.5 million people who
were taken from us--parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts,
uncles and cousins. Each succeeding generation will hold them in their
hearts and we will never forget. May we honor them by rising to the
occasion and living by the words of 1 JOHN 3:18, "our love should not
be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in
action."

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