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    US REPRESENTATIVES PRESS SECRETARY CLINTON ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE, TURKEY'S RETURN OF CHURCHES, AID TO JAVAKHK

    news.am
    March 01, 2012 | 11:30

    WASHINGTON, DC. - During testimony before two key U.S. House Committees
    today, Secretary Clinton was pressed on a range of concerns to
    Armenian Americans, including, most prominently, her recent remarks
    misrepresenting the Armenian Genocide, as well as calls for Turkey's
    return of confiscated Christian churches, the Administration's proposed
    19% reduction in aid to Armenia, and efforts to focus U.S.

    assistance to the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia, reported the
    Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

    House Democrats Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), David
    Cicilline (D-RI), Jesse Jackson (D-IL) and Steve Rothman (D-NJ) each
    used a portion of their limited questioning time to focus Clinton's
    attention on key issues, with some responses offered during the
    hearing and others to be submitted in written form at a later date.

    Additional House Members may be submitting written questions on
    community concerns in the upcoming days.

    "We would like to thank Representative Schiff for pressing the
    Secretary to explain her recent remarks on the Armenian Genocide,
    and to express our appreciation to Congressmen Sherman, Cicilline,
    Jackson and Rothman for taking the lead in raising key community
    concerns with Secretary Clinton today," stated ANCA Executive Director
    Aram Hamparian. "Greater clarity on the Obama Administration's policy
    of the Armenian Genocide, Turkey's return of churches, and foreign
    aid policies toward the Caucasus are all very meaningful for Armenian
    American voters, as we prepare to go to the polls this November."

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