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    Senator Boxer co-sponsors the Armenian Genocide Resolution

    armradio.am
    12.12.2009 11:10

    Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), a senior member of the Senate Foreign
    Relations Committee and Chair of its Subcommittee on International
    Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global
    Women's Issues, joined her colleagues yesterday in cosponsoring S.
    Res. 316, the Armenian Genocide resolution, reported the Armenian
    Assembly of America (Assembly).

    Senator Boxer's cosponsorship is timely given Turkish Prime Minister
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan's statement on the Charlie Rose television
    program this week while in the Washington, DC, that "I can say very
    clearly that we do not accept genocide. This is completely a lie."

    "We welcome Senator Boxer's continued commitment in combating genocide
    denial through U.S. reaffirmation of the Armenian Genocide," stated
    Armenian Assembly Executive Director Bryan Ardouny. "In the face of
    continued denial of this great crime against humanity, it is incumbent
    upon us and all people of goodwill to do everything in our power to
    put an end to this vicious cycle," added Ardouny.

    Introduced by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) in October of this year,
    S. Res. 316 reaffirms the incontestable fact of the Armenian Genocide
    and has also garnered the support of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
    (D-NV). In addition, while not an official cosponsor, former
    Presidential hopeful, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) in a recent interview
    publicly affirmed the Armenian Genocide.

    S.Res. 316 has been referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
    and is pending further action. S.Res. 316 mirrors its counterpart in
    the House of Representatives, H.Res. 252, which was introduced by
    Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA) and George Radanovich (R-CA), along
    with Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk
    (R-IL).
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