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    U.S. FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SCHEDULES VOTE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION ON MARCH 4

    Tert.am
    13:25 ~U 05.02.10

    U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Howard Berman (D-CA) has
    scheduled a vote of his panel on the Armenian Genocide Resolution,
    H.Res.252, for Thursday, March 4, reports the Armenian National
    Committee of America (ANCA).

    "We want to thank Chair Berman for his vision and strength in taking
    this bold step to send the clear message to Turkey that the United
    States Congress will not be complicit in their immoral efforts to deny
    truth and justice for the Armenian Genocide," said Ken Hachikian,
    Chair of the ANCA, following his meeting yesterday in Washington,
    DC with the senior California legislator.

    "We look forward to working with the Chair and all our friends on the
    Committee from both parties to facilitate passage of this critical
    piece of human rights legislation by both this panel and the full
    House of Representatives. Our grassroots activists are mobilized to
    help achieve the success of this effort."

    Hachikian also consulted yesterday with several other Representatives,
    most notably, Congressional Armenian Genocide Resolution author Adam
    Schiff (D-CA), Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Frank Pallone
    (D-NJ), and senior House Foreign Affairs Committee Members Brad Sherman
    (D-CA), and Ed Royce (R-CA).

    Earlier this week, the ANC of Massachusetts teamed up with Greater
    Boston area Jewish American groups, Investors Against Genocide and
    ARAMAC - Massachusetts in launching an online petition calling for
    Presidential and Congressional recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

    The petition (which can only be signed
    by U.S. citizens) can be found at
    http://www.change.org/recognizearmeniangenocide /actions/view/tell_congress_to_recognize_the_armen ian_genocide
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