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    JOHN MCCAIN URGED ARMENIAN AMERICANS TO SUPPORT HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

    DeFacto Agency
    2008-10-02 16:42:00
    Armenia

    YEREVAN, 01.10.08. DE FACTO. On September 29 Senator John McCain issued
    an open letter to Armenian American voters, seeking their support for
    his presidential campaign, but failing to outline his stands on core
    Armenian American issues, reported the Armenian National Committee
    of America (ANCA).

    The letter, released by the McCain-Palin campaign, echoed the
    same themes as Senator McCain's correspondence this February to
    the ANCA. Using nearly identical language, the Arizona Senator
    praised the Armenian American contribution to American society,
    and Armenia's contribution to Coalition operations in Iraq and NATO
    peacekeeping in Kosovo. While remaining silent on Nagorno-Karabagh,
    the Turkish and Azerbaijani blockades, U.S. aid to Armenia, and the
    broader issue of U.S.-Armenia relations, he did, in euphemistic
    language typically employed by the Administration, mention the
    "terrible tragedy" suffered by the Armenians, although, notably,
    without using the proper term genocide or even mentioning the Ottoman
    Empire or the Republic of Turkey.

    "We hoped that, during the course of the campaign, Senator McCain's
    outreach to Armenian American voters will have evolved beyond the
    respectful but substantially non-policy oriented letter he had sent to
    us earlier this year, by outlining his positions on our community's
    core issues," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "Armenian
    Americans are issue voters, and look to the candidates seeking their
    support to be clear about their views and values - particularly
    on issues related to the Armenian Genocide, Nagorno-Karabagh, the
    strengthening of Armenia, and the growth of U.S.-Armenia relations."

    It should be added that Senator McCain has, throughout his tenure in
    the Congress, largely opposed or was passively indifferent to a broad
    array of Armenian American issues. As recently as October of last
    year, Senator McCain publicly opposed Congressional recognition of
    the Armenian Genocide. In 1999, he voted against restricting U.S. aid
    to Azerbaijan over its blockades and other offensive uses of force
    against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh. He voted against Senator Bob
    Dole's Armenian Genocide Resolution in 1990.
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