MOORE WON’T EXPLAIN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ‘FLIP-FLOP’
Lawrence Journal World, KS
April 26 2007
Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:
Rep. Dennis Moore (D)
(Politico.com) Pols sidestep debate over Armenian genocide: Beginning
in 1915, more than 1.5 million Armenians died when the Ottoman
government forced the relocation of the population. President Bush
has a reason not to call it genocide: That would anger the Turkish
government, an ally and a Muslim democracy which has threatened to
revoke permission for the U.S. to use an important air base over
the issue, among other repercussions. Resolutions recognizing and
condemning the genocide have been introduced in both the House and
the Senate, and the administration is vigorously opposing them. And
Turkey’s lobbying prowess has already forced four co-sponsors to
back off the bill. Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan.) also supported the
resolution before he withdrew as a co-sponsor. His office said he had
"no official comment" on the flip-flop.
[Other Congressional debates parts omitted]