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Boxer Secures Delay
in Yovanovitch Confirmation
WASHINGTON—On June 25, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) secured
a one-month delay in the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee’s consideration of the confirmation of U.S.
Ambassador to Armenia nominee Marie Yovanovitch in response
to the State Department’s delay in providing timely written
responses to the eight sets of written questions submitted
to her by members of the panel, reported the ANCA.
Menendez
Cross-Examines Ambassadorial Nominee
WASHINGTON—On June 20, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) castigated
the Bush administration’s policy of Armenian Genocide denial
by dramatically pressing the U.S. ambassadorial nominee to
Armenia, Marie Yovanovitch, regarding the administration’s
refusal to properly characterize Ottoman Turkey’s systematic
destruction of its Armenian population as genocide, reported
the ANCA.
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Sarkisian to Invite
Gul to Soccer Match
MOSCOW (Combined Sources)—During a town hall meeting with
the Russian-Armenian community on June 23, President Serge
Sarkisian discussed a myriad of issues, including his
intention to invite Turkish president Abdullah Gul to
Yerevan in September for the Armenia-Turkey soccer match.
Armenians for Obama
at Major LA Event
LOS ANGELES—Armenians for Obama joined political leaders and
fundraisers on June 24 at U.S. Senator Barack Obama’s first
major event in Los Angeles since he became the presumptive
presidential nominee for the Democratic Party.
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Armenian Genocide Commemoration Special
(April 2008)
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