Daily Beast
March 6 2010
White House Kills Genocide Bill
In an effort to preserve good relations with Turkey, the Obama
administration has said it will not let Congress pick at old sores. On
Thursday, a House committee narrowly voted in favor of a measure to
brand Turkey’s killing of Armenians during World War I genocide’much
to the outrage of the Turkish government. Now, despite Obama’s
campaign promise, the White House is set to block the bill. Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton said she plans to `work very hard’ to block
this and now feels confident that Congress will not vote on it. Two
years ago, the House Committee on Foreign Relations approved a similar
resolution, but the Bush administration successfully urged the House
not to vote.
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