US PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL CALLED CONGRESSMEN TO PASS GENOCIDE RESOLUTION

Former Vermont Governor and Democratic Presidential hopeful Howard Dean criticized President Bush for abandoning his pledge to Armenian Americans that he would properly recognize the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. As reported by the Armenian National Committee of America, in a letter addressed to the US Congress Dean called on Congressmen to adopt the Genocide Resolution, which mentions the Armenian Genocide among the others. The resolutions would pass tomorrow, except for the fact that President Bush is now pressing Congressional leaders to block this human rights measure for no other reason than that it mentions the Armenian Genocide, Dean stated.