Democrats back recognition of genocide
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Claudia Peschiutta
GLENDALE -- The fight to gain official U.S. recognition of the
Armenian Genocide has taken a step forward.
As it has in the past, the California Democratic Party recently
endorsed a resolution calling for official recognition of the Armenian
Genocide, officials said.
Approved at the party’s annual convention on April 1, the resolution
calls on Congress and the president to recognize the killings that
occurred when Armenians were exiled by the Ottoman Turks in 1915 as a
genocide.
Secretary of State Colin Powell recently asked the Maryland
Legislature not to approve a genocide recognition measure.
“The Armenian-American community felt under siege by the Bush Jr.
White House,” said Bob Mulholland, campaign advisor for the California
Democratic Party. “We rallied to support them.”
The resolution, which was approved unanimously, was introduced by Paul
Krekorian, who lost his bid to become the Democratic candidate for the
43rd Assembly District in 2000.