Ellison casts tie-breaking vote on Armenian genocide resolution
Monday, March 08, 2010 at 9:30 am
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Rep. Keith Ellison was the tie-breaking vote on a House Foreign Affairs Committee resolution calling on President Obama to “characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide.” The measure was vigorously opposed by Turkey, and following the vote the country recalled its ambassador to the United States. Ellison was undecided last week on how he would vote.
The 23 to 22 vote did not split along partisan lines — Democrats and Republicans supported and opposed the measure. President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unsuccessfully tried to pressure the committee to delay the vote, citing diplomatic tensions with Turkey over the issue of genocide.
Turkey is the strongest ally the United States has among Muslim countries. Ellison, the committee’s only Muslim member, told a Turkish newspaper recently that he wasn’t sure how he would vote.
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Comment posted March 8, 2010 @ 11:02 am
And its about time we turfed the Turks out of the Land and return it to Constantinople and the rightful owners.
Comment posted March 8, 2010 @ 11:31 pm
Wasn’t there already an Armenian genocide resolution a few years ago? I remember Turkey getting angry then.
Comment posted March 23, 2010 @ 9:56 am
Ohhh! the American mighty dollar and corruption has blinded the lady of liberty and justice. Supress the truth and the truth will be right up to your face. The Armenian Genocide will never be forgotten, there will never be justice for the victims but we can surely recognize this evil act done by the ottoman empire to the native armenians.
Even Israel does not recognize the Armenian Genocide, what a hipocrate, try dening the Jewish holocast and the ADL will grab you by your throat, but ADL just turns around and deny the Armenian Holocast because of Turkish anger.
America is run by American greed, I now understand President Ahmadjinajad of Iran, maybe he is not all that wrong after-all. I am a christain by the way not a muslim writing this.
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