thehill.com - 10/21/2009
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Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.) on Wednesday introduced a resolution that calls for the U.S. government to recognize the Armenian genocide. The duo introduced the measure today, which calls on President Obama to "ensure that the foreign policy of the United States ...
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Armenian Genocide Resolution
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... says Senators John Ensign and Robert Menendez have introduced a resolution calling for the U.S. to recognize Turkish genocide of the Armenian people, in which an estimated 500K Armenians (the number varies fairly dramatically) were killed from 1914-1918. The U.S. government has neve r recognized the genocide as "genocide". When he campaigned for President, Barack Obama ...
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