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    ANCA URGES SCRUTINY OF 10 FAILINGS IN U.S.-TURKEY POLICY DURING AMBASSADORIAL CONFIRMATION HEARING

    DeFacto Agency
    2008-09-22 17:41:00
    Armenia

    YEREVAN, 22.09.08. DE FACTO. The Armenian National Committee of America
    (ANCA) has called on members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
    to closely scrutinize ten serious shortcomings in the Administration's
    handling of the U.S. - Turkey relationship, during the September
    24th confirmation hearing for James Jeffrey to serve as the next
    U.S. Ambassador to Turkey.

    In letters to panel Chairman Joe Biden (D-DE) and other key Committee
    members, ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian outlined the Administration's
    failings, and encouraged strict scrutiny of the nominee in order to
    "ensure accountability for past errors, as well as to apply the
    lessons learned from these setbacks in charting a more productive
    and principled course for U.S.-Turkey relations."

    Hachikian underscored that, "We are today, near the close of the Bush
    Administration's eight years in office, at a meaningful milestone
    in our relationship with Turkey. This hearing provides an important
    opportunity both to look back over the challenges, the progress, and
    the setbacks of the past, as well as to look forward to approaches
    to develop our ties in ways that advance both our interests and our
    values in this vital region of the world."

    Among the main failings listed in the letter were its strident attacks
    on growing bipartisan movement toward U.S. recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide, including President Bush's firing of Ambassador to Armenia
    John Evans, and the "sad public spectacle," in October of 2007, of
    the Administration caving in to Turkey's threats against Congressional
    recognition of this crime against humanity.
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