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    IOWA CAUCUS WINNERS HAVE BOTH RECOGNIZED THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    armradio.am
    07.01.2008 12:17

    The winners of Iowa caucuses, US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and
    former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R), are both on record
    as having recognized the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian
    National Committee of America (ANCA).

    Senator Obama has spoken forcefully about the moral imperative of US
    recognition of the Armenian Genocide, specifically calling upon the
    Bush Administration, in letters and public statements, to end its
    "wrong and untenable" policy on this issue. During his three years
    in the Senate, however, he has yet to join with his legislative
    colleagues in cosponsoring the Armenian Genocide Resolution. Senator
    Obama also voted in the Foreign Relations Committee to approve the
    highly controversial and ultimately unsuccessful nomination of Dick
    Hoagland to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, despite bipartisan
    Congressional opposition and widespread outrage among Armenian
    Americans over the nominee's denial of the Armenian Genocide.

    Selected statements by Senator Obama are provided below:

    Letter to secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (July 28, 2006):

    "The occurrence of the Armenian genocide in 1915 is not an
    'allegation,' a 'personal opinion,' or a 'point of view." Supported
    by an overwhelming amount of historical evidence, it is a widely
    documented fact."

    Press statement on the Hoagland nomination (September 7, 2006):

    "The Bush Administration's policy concerning the Armenian genocide is
    wrong and is untenable. That the invocation of a historical fact by a
    State Department employee could constitute an act of insubordination
    is deeply troubling and is a clear sign that it is time to revisit the
    Administration's guidance on this issue. I have written to Secretary
    Rice urging that such a review occur so our diplomats will not be
    placed in a similar position in the future."
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