My letter to President Obama‏

May 19, 2009 Watch Live! Secretary Hillary Clinton to Testify on the FY 2010 Foreign aid Priorities 9:30am EDT, Wed. May 20th Senate Foreign Appropriations Subcommittee Scroll to the bottom of the page to watch the webcast. 1:30pm EDT, Wed. May 20th Senate Foreign Relations Committee Click on the hyperlink at top of webpage. ANCA Chairman Shares Armenian American Community's Sharp Disappointment with President Obama Click here to read letter Peter DeFazio (D-OR) John Yarmuth (D-KY) Bruce Braley (D-IA) Armenian Genocide Resolution Supporters Grow to 125 Read Release Hachikian to Obama: "You failed to honor your commitment to lift our nation's response to genocide to the level of our shared American values, choosing, instead, to allow America's willingness to respond forcefully to this horrific crime to remain hostage to Turkish threats and intimidation." WASHINGTON, DC - Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Ken Hachikian shared with President Barack Obama today the Armenian American community's disappointment with his Administration's failure to honor his campaign pledges to recognize the Armenian Genocide and to foster the growth and development of Armenia. In a May 18th letter to the White House, Hachikian addressed both the President's decision not to honor his repeated promises to recognize the Armenian Genocide, as well as his recent proposal to cut aid to Armenia by 38% even as he increases overall foreign aid spending and the level of assistance he seeks to the regions of Europe, Eurasia, and South/Central Asia. ** Read Hachikian's Letter to President Obama ** Contact President Obama and Express your disappointment ** Facts and Figures: The proposed cut in aid to Armenia in perspective ** The ANCA's Foreign Aid Priorities for Fiscal Year 2010 Armenian Genocide Resolution Supporters Grow to 125 Representatives from Iowa, Oregon, Illinois, and Kentucky Join Bipartisan Genocide-Prevention Measure WASHINGTON, DC - With the addition today of Congressmen Bruce Braley (D-IA), Peter Defazio (D-OR), Bobby Rush (D-IL), and John Yarmouth (D-KY), the number of U.S. House cosponsors of the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.252, reached 125, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). The Armenian Genocide Resolution specifically 1) calls upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to realize a just resolution; and 2) calls upon the President in the President's annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide issued on or about April 24, to accurately characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1,500,000 Armenians as genocide and to recall the proud history of United States intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide. The measure was introduced on March 17th of the year by lead sponsors Adam Schiff (D-CA) and George Radanovich (R-CA), and Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-chairs Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL). It is identical to legislation in the House and Senate in the 110th Congress that was adopted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and publicly endorsed by then-candidate for President Barack Obama, current Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Since the introduction of the current resolution this March, President Obama has broken his pledge to recognize the Armenian Genocide, retreating markedly from repeated statements and promises he made throughout his service in the Senate calling for proper U.S. condemnation and commemoration of this crime against humanity. Read more. . . ** View the complete list of cosponsors of the Armenian Genocide Resolution ** Urge your Representative to cosponsor H.Res.252 Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from Yahoo advertisers will go to the ANCA without you spending a dime. A penny per search! Use www.goodshop.com for online purchases from hundreds of popular sites and a percentage comes back to the ANCA. When you GoodSearch & GoodShop - Choose the ANCA ! Published by the Armenian National Committee of America 1711 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 775-1918, Fax: (202) 775-5648, E-mail: anca@anca.org, Web: www.anca.org Disclaimer: This message was distributed to the "ANCA News" list. If you received this message in error or would like to be removed from the list, please send an email to anca_list@capwiz.mailmanager.net or click below. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please forward this message only to friends and family, who you know would be interested in this issue. Please note that sending unsolicited e-mail is considered "spam" and is illegal.