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  • San Francisco Mayor Petitions Speaker Pelosi to Support H. Res. 106

    Armenian National Committee - San Francisco Bay Area
    51 Commonwealth Avenue
    San Francisco, CA 94118
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: www.ancsf.org

    PRESS RELEASE
    June 21, 2007

    Contact: Matt Senekeremian
    Tel: 415 387 3433


    San Francisco Mayor Petitions Speaker Pelosi to Support H. Res. 106


    San Francisco, CA - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom recently sent a letter
    to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi urging her to support H. Res. 106, the
    Armenian Genocide Resolution. Newsom, whose city falls into Pelosi's eighth
    congressional district, expressed his utmost support of the Armenian
    Genocide Resolution. In his correspondence to Speaker Pelosi, Newsom states,
    "I write this letter in respect to House Resolution 106, which would
    officially place the U.S. House of Representatives as recognizing the
    Armenian Genocide of 1915. Along with San Francisco's large and active
    Armenian- American community, it is an honor to add my name to the growing
    number of supporters to House Resolution 106."

    Mayor Newsom also referred to the assassination of Hrant Dink as being
    "silenced as he advocated for official Turkish recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide." Mayor Newsom stated in his letter that, "[he] can find no better
    way to honor the memory of Mr. Dink than to ask that the House of
    Representatives pass this resolution."

    Mayor Newsom was appointed to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in
    1997, representing District 2. He was elected Mayor of San Francisco in 2004
    and has always been in support of the Armenian-American Community.

    The Armenian National Committee of America is the largest and most
    influential Armenian American grassroots political organization. Working in
    coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout
    the United States and affiliated organizations around the world, the ANCA
    actively advances the concerns of the Armenian American community on a broad
    range of issues.

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    Photo caption: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.
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