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    SENATOR OBAMA PLEDGES CONTINUED EFFORTS TO PRESS TURKEY TO ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    DeFacto Agency, Armenia
    April 30 2008

    YEREVAN, 30.04.08. DE FACTO. Democratic Presidential Candidate
    Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) pledged to continue his efforts to press
    Turkey to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, in a strongly worded
    statement submitted on April 28 to the Congressional Record marking
    the 93rd Anniversary of this crime against humanity, reported the
    Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

    The statement by the Senator, who has been endorsed in the Democratic
    primaries by the ANCA, was one of 30 remarks by Senators and
    Representatives including those by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
    (D-NV), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden (D-DE),
    House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and DCCC Chairman Chris Van
    Hollen (D-MD). Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) offered remarks at the
    April 23rd Armenian Genocide observance on Capitol Hill.

    "Armenian Americans value Senator Obama's consistent and principled
    leadership in pressuring Turkey to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide
    and to end its shameful campaign to deny this crime against humanity,"
    said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "He remains clearly the
    best positioned to bring about real change, real action, and real
    hope for an end to the cycle of genocide."

    In a statement issued to the Armenian American community on January
    19, 2008, Sen. Obama noted, "America deserves a leader who speaks
    truthfully about the Armenian Genocide and responds forcefully to
    all genocides. I intend to be that President."
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