Change in U.S. Congress boosts prospects for Armenian genocide resolution
December 26th, 2006 by
The shift in Congress also dims the likelihood that the Bush administration can break a deadlock over the president’ss nominee for ambassador to Armenia, Richard Hoagland. Senate Democrats have blocked Hoagland’s nomination because of his refusal to call the killings a genocide.
The matters before Congress highlight how the deaths of the 1.5 million Armenians almost a century ago remain a sensitive international issue today. The Bush administration has warned that even congressional debate on the genocide question could damage relations with Turkey, a moderate Muslim nation that is a NATO member and an important strategic ally. [Read more]
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