Monday, May 4, 2009

Obama Marks Anniversary of Armenian Genocide

NPR - All Things Considered, April 24, 2009

President Obama marked the 94th remembrance day for the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Turks during World War I. As a candidate, Obama called the killings genocide. On a trip to Turkey as president last month, he shied away from that description.

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