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PRESS RELEASE
April 7, 2010
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918
ANCA ASKS SENATORS TO CALL ON OBAMA TO RECOGNIZE GENOCIDE
— Senators Urged to Co-sign Boxer Letter Calling on President to
Properly Characterize the Armenian Genocide in his April 24th
Remarks
WASHINGTON, DC – Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
chapters and activists across the United States are encouraging
their Senators to sign the Boxer Letter, urging President Obama to
properly recognize the Armenian Genocide in his April 24th remarks.
The letter, initiated by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), has been
circulated to each of her ninety-nine Senate colleagues. In her
cover letter, the Golden State Senator urges her Democratic and
Republican colleagues to co-sign the Congressional letter and go on
record in support of proper Presidential commemoration of the
Armenian Genocide.
"We join with Armenian Americans throughout California and across
the United States in thanking Senator Boxer for her leadership in
helping to ensure full and formal recognition of the Armenian
Genocide by the U.S. government," said Aram Hamparian, Executive
Director of the ANCA. "Allowing Turkey to impose a "gag rule" on
the U.S. not only dishonors the victims of the Armenian Genocide,
but also sends a very dangerous signal that foreign countries can
bribe or bully America into inaction on matters of genocide."
The ANCA has launched a Call-In campaign to Senator offices in
support of the Boxer Letter. This alert, and an accompanying phone
script, can be viewed at:
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