KEN KHACHIKIAN MENTIONS IN HIS LETTER ADDRESSED TO U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE SPECIFIC AREAS OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY NOT CORRESPONDING TO VIEWPOINTS OF AMERICAN ARMENIANS
Noyan Tapan
Ma y 13, 2008
WASHINGTON, MAY 13, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Ken Hachikian strongly criticized
President George W. Bush’s most recent April 24th statement as the
final step of his betrayal of his campaign promise to recognize the
Armenian Genocide, and a symbol of his Administration’s "morally
bankrupt" eight-year policy of complicity in Turkey’s lies and
denials. The letter also notes that the President, during his two
terms in office, has refused repeated requests by the leadership of
the Armenian American community to discuss the Armenian Genocide and
other issues of mutual concern.
Earlier this year, on April 4, Hachikian wrote a separate letter
to the Secretary of State, outlining 13 specific areas in which the
Administration pursued policies at odds with the views and values of
America’s one and a half million citizens of Armenian heritage.